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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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PineTab-V tablet with a RISC-V chip gets community-supported software builds (including KDE Plasma desktop) (liliputing.com)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Open source processors. What a time to be alive.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hasn't ARM always been open source?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, it's licensed. RISC-V isn't necessarily open sourced either. It's an open standard, but you can develop your own proprietary designs on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup!

To my understanding RISC-V is like BSD lisenced not GPL.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I think it was MIT, which is basically the same like BSD