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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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[solved] Does Linux have an equivalent to "Compress contents to save disk space" from Windows? I don't need it to save space, just please read the full post before commenting. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago*

FYI digging through documentation reminded me of squashfs. It does what it sounds like. But it's read only, so you would have to use an overlay FS to cache changes and then overwrite the whole squashfs volume at once to sync changes.

https://medium.com/@akashsainisaini37/how-overlayfs-and-squashfs-power-embedded-linux-storage-75273028ef20

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