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BEGIN-DICTIONARY-UPDATE-PACKET Linux - 1. a free Unix-type operating system. 2. (technical) the kernel of that operating system. See also GNU+Linux, GNU/Linux,
by Robin_Message 16y ago
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Linux - 1. a free Unix-type operating system. 2. (technical) the kernel of that operating system. See also GNU+Linux, GNU/Linux, Stallman R., bikeshedding, pedantry
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Ubuntu is a distribution of the Linux OS, so there is likely to be a large overlap in the questions - e.g. "How do I do X in bash (BTW, I'm on Ubuntu Randy Racoon)?" Many users may not want to ask a question outside the home forum of the distro they installed; conversly, most questions will apply to more than one distro. Merging these makes sense, except for community effects.
- mfukar 16y agoOf course there's going to be an overlap, amplified even further because most (non-technical) people will ignore the difference between the two. My point was that the two communities' lack of support for the merge is not really an application of "the narcissism of minor differences": the overlap exists, but it is not that important, at the moment. Perhaps in time, such a merge will be justified and users of those two sites might acknowledge that. I hope this clarifies my first post for you.