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#!/bin/bash arch="$(curl -s https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux/ | grep version | cut -d "\"" -f 4 | cut -d "-" -f 1)" fedora="$(curl -s https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel-core | grep package-name | cut -d ">" -f 2 | cut -d "-" -f 1 | head -1)" version_gt() { test "$(echo "$@" | tr " " "\n" | sort -V | head -n 1)" != "$1"; }

version_gt $fedora $arch ret=$?

if [[ $ret -eq 0 ]]; then echo "why the fuck would you want the newest kernel?... Thanks, but I prefer a system that actually works." else echo "Omfg can you believe these scrubs using that old kernel? I've been on uname -a for 6 weeks." fi

• 3 letter e-mail address on a 3 letter domain
• living in a university
• In Cambridge
• unusual sense of humor.
• Kawaii as fuck

All in all: A legend and a true scholar. 9.5/10.

Gentoo allows for the installation of proprietary software. It would be better to use a freedom-respecting operating system like Trisquel or Parabola GNU/Linux-libre.

You're joining the Linxu Master Race? Awesome!

There are a lot of ways to run Linux, for instance by running a distribution of Linux like Arch. As a starter you are not likely to distribute anything, and therefore don't need a distribution.

Download the latest Linuxkernel and compile it to install. If you need any further help, you can read the manual.

If we're talking gui music players, Lollypop is my favourite; and Clementine follows as a close second.

But Rhythmbox is pretty good.

The vast majority of Linux users and programmers are on https://freenode.net/ (join the #linux channel. Distro specific channels exist as well)

either use the web irc client, or connect in with your irc client of choice to chat.freenode.net:6697

The Matrix linux channel has a healthy amount of people as well, and you can either download the Riot.im client or use the web browser client here

seems like the only choices for OS dev are Apple, Microsoft, and Google (Android). my dad used to work on operating systems (wrote the book on the experimental Java OS) and ended up in applications which he didn't like.

That said, if you look hard enough, usually there's a way to make money outside the mainstream