Linux in '96

Linux in '96 - A reference to the usability of the Linux Operating System in a particular year that is used to describe the usability of something else (often other Open Source software). For example, Chris C Kemp has compared the usability of the OpenStack cloud software to Linux in 1996. May be humorously applied to unrelated items with a user experience component.

Dude - doing your mom is like Linux in '96.

by mishko May 7, 2015

Linux

1. An operating system kernel originally created by Linus Torvalds. The Linux kernel is often bundled with GNU software, and this combination is known as GNU/Linux.
2. (colloquially) Any of the many desktop and server operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel, commonly bundled with a package manager and handy preloaded software. ChromeOS is commonly excluded, as the system is extremely locked down, unlike the typical desktop Linux distribution.

1. Nobody had written a Linux driver for my fingerprint reader, so I had to take matters into my own hands.
2. "Wait, you use Linux?", I inquired. "Yes," he replied, "I use Arch BTW."

by OHSHEETSOFPAPER June 6, 2022

best Linux distro

Linux Mint

For the best Linux distro, please give Linux Mint a try

by Bad C dev November 9, 2024

Linux

A free computer operating system made by Linus torvald with unix. However its thought of more as a set of ideas about how software should made rather then an operating system.

A:"bro is that windows?" B:"hhahaha no basic computer user I use linux

by nootnootforever October 11, 2022

Linux distro maker

This is who you are when you feel like you've developed an entirely new OS (operating system) even though you just made a new distro for Linux OS.

After spending all weekend tweaking settings and packaging my own Linux distro, I felt like I've developed an entirely new OS — even though I'm just a Linux distro maker.

by Emotional Cruiser September 27, 2025