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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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Now that Red Hat is being IBM-fied, should I leave Fedora Kinoite? (lemmy.world)

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

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I left Ubuntu when they sent all my dock search history to Amazon. But this time is different, should I leave Fedora considering how much it is developed by Red Hat?

I've actively defended this distribution and Red Hat for many years now and I'm deep in their technology but I want to avoid being a Devil's Advocate.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Insert astronaut "always has been" meme. This was totally predictable once they started embrace/extend/extinguish by forcing through systemd.

Yes, you should try Debian, Arch or NixOS.

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

Debian is so incredibly different from the other three. I honestly don’t really understand why so many people seem to consider that switch.

I’m currently on Silverblue and I love the image based system they’ve got going. So if I’d switch, OpenSuse MicroOS is high on my list. Otherwise NixOS or Arch would be an option as well. Maybe Arch given the amount of users (which typically means slightly better support with bigger changes of things having been tested against it)