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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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which linux distro do you NOT like, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Issues with building RPM's. There's no specification for what an RPM is (unlike say deb).

Well the specification is "whatever rpmbuild version x.y.z does" and whatever other tangential packages happen to be installed on the build system.

Try building an RPM for CentOS 6 on a RockyLinux 8 system, or building for both of those on Fedora.

You can do it, but it's real ball ache, and you have to jump through a lot of hoops.

Compare to building a deb for any version of Debian/Ubuntu on Fedora/RHEL it's a doddle and predictable.