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this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2023
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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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Not sure where you heard that. Each distro is highly tailored to its own composition of features and purposes. Some are very lean and locked into specific kernel modules, and some others go for the widest possible hardware support.
The combination of hardware greatly matters with any Linux distro, mostly because many hardware manufacturers are not contributing upstream kernel modules for their products, so sometimes support for newer hardware lags behind until the OSS community get them written and included.