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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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[–] sugartits@lemmy.world 165 points 10 months ago (5 children)

If you use a swapfile on that setup...

Does that mean you've literally DOWNLOADED RAM???

[–] 555_2@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago
[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Lol this is exactly where my mind went

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A RAM

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

I remember LinusTechTips doing this with that title. But atleadt that was swap only on gdrive now this is full os in gdrive

[–] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 107 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Linux uh... Finds a way.

[–] harry315@feddit.de 105 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ladies, gentlemen, none of the above. We have come full circle. The mainframe + Terminal combination is back

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 53 points 10 months ago

Mainframes are just other people's computers

[–] rimu@piefed.social 47 points 10 months ago

That's some God tier linux wizardry

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 38 points 10 months ago

Not Stallman approved

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Competitive with 1970s?

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

Systemd FTW

[–] Bali@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

The first paragraph is savage LOL

[–] mal3oon@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

If he only went with void instead of arch, it's just cheating using a systemd distri

[–] ajussak@piaille.fr 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

@Chewy7324 It seems be fun but the latency should be terrible 😅

[–] evidences@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Latency isn't the only issue.

it's slow, symbolic and hard linking don't work correctly, and permissions and attributes aren't recorded.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You could have a secondary layer that tarred every file on write, since tar maintains permission flags. It could also fix symbolic linking, but not hard linking. As an added benefit, it would drastically reduce the usefulness of the system.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What about using a Google Sheets spreadsheet with the file content encoded in BASE64?

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

You maniac... What are you gonna do next? Run a cpu in a spreadsheet? Oh wait...

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Once it all gets to ram, you should be just fine

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Now this is why foss software is important 😁