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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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Linux Distro For Use On A Flash Drive (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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School is starting up soon, and I want to install a stable distro to a 64GB flash drive that i own will remain stable while booting onto at least 2 computers (my home PC for maintenance and my School laptop for, well school).

I was thinking of just using Debian, but wasn’t sure if it would work well in terms of compatibility with my requirements.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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

I mean, on like 3 separate occasions they've accidentally ddosed the AUR, so tbh they have a right to be mad.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they would just remove access to the AUR it would solve some things. I used it for years before just getting the itch to distro hop. It worked just fine for me, and I only used the AUR for a handful of things. Now, I'll either compile myself or use flatpak if it's not in any normal repo for any distro I land on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the one thing I don't understand. Manjaro fucked up pamac way more times than necessary and yet they still don't just ban pamac from accessing the aur.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

there should be an authentication system certifying that your computer is using the right set of software before getting acess to the aur, it would be called the "os integrity api" and prevent the use of the aur from unapproved 3rd party software, all you would need to do is to log in to your verified arch user account and request a monthly aur usage token to be created and used by your registered system for the low price of 9.99