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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).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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This is why i started using linux 4 years ago, without Proton probably wouldn't consider using it... Thanks valve!
I hear this story quite a lot. "Proton is what allowed me to switch" and yet people are still moaning at me for focusing on Proton and Valve and not Wine directly for the article lol
I'd say the best contribution is they managed to build a mainstream commercial service on top of all of this!