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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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A big part of learning Linux is screwing up computers and starting over. (lemm.ee)

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My crippled kernel count is around 6, how about yours?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

See that would be a good analogy if the fail was fun.

Making a shit painting is still fun.

Having to reinstall my OS because I ran pacman -Syu and now my computer won't boot, and now I have to spend hours making things work again: not at all fun.

Having my server run out of memory and freeze up instead of having a sane out of memory behavior the day before a long trip: not fun

It's also archaic, niche information. Do I want to learn how to make a kernel version that didn't get installed right show up in grub? Fuck no. Do I want to google for the 100th time what command exists to register the encryption key for my hard drive in the TPM? Fuck no. What an absolute waste of life.

Linux isn't "I cut a hole in my wall" it's "my electrician only documented the wiring in hieroglyphs and now I have to reverse engineer everything to turn on a light bulb".