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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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What are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it's the package manager.

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

Thats been a fear of mine moving to nixos. Glad to know it'll cover most of my software needs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Here's a graph, it should be fine for your package needs: Graph

This is not totally accurate because nixpkgs also packages some packages that wouldn't be in the system package manager like Python and Haskell packages. Excluding those it's pretty much the same as the AUR