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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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GNU nano 8.0 Released with New Options and Various Improvements (9to5linux.com)

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[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

apt purge nano is one of the first things I do on a new Debian installation. Much easier to remember than having to use update-alternatives, select-editor and the $EDITOR variable to convince the likes of vigr,vipw, visudo,crontab -e,... that I really want to use vim as my primary editor.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago

Honestly unreasonably infuriates me when I enter visudo and find myself in nano... Like, did I type nanosudo? Hell no!