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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

sudo provides sudoedit or sudo -e which allows me to use vim with my user configuration btw

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just symlink your user config to root, nothing at all wrong with that.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Then the editor, all extensions, language servers, etc. are all running as root.