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The article "Linux"

I do not like the article Linux in its current version, especially the introduction. As already suggested here: Talk:POSIX#FUD, I would like to rephrase this to:

The terms "Linux" and "GNU/Linux" describe/refer to the family of Linux kernel-based operating systems – and not any one operating system. Their base components, i.e. the Linux kernel (more precisely its System Call Interface (SCI)), the GNU C Library or the uClibc, the GNU Core Utilities and a couple of more packages, make many Linux operating systems behave "unix-like" though none of the Linux distributions has bothered so far to actually become UNIX®-certified, mostly because of financial reasons. User:ScotXW^t@lk 17:02, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Linux-only software

Please feel free to take care of Category:Linux-only software. User:ScotXW^t@lk 17:02, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

XScreenSaver

The collections XScreenSaver has been described as arousing a WOW effect by people, who were new to Linux. Looking at commons:Category:XScreenSaver, I get not WOW effect. User:ScotXW^t@lk

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Embedded article text fails

I am not sure what is standard form on Wikipedia for these sorts of things, but the text on the main portal contains errors which are inherited from the Linux page. It reads "Linux is, , used by around 4 percent of desktop computers" instead of "Linux is, as of March 2024, used by around 4 percent of desktop computers." due to special embedding in the text. It would be nice to fix this so the portal reads coherently. For troubleshooting purposes, I am using 64-bit Flatpak Firefox 129.0.1 on Debian. 140.177.181.180 (talk) 14:22, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've posted a request at Module talk:Excerpt/portals#Template:As of. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:42, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]