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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).

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What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"? (feddit.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Most distributions are fine honestly. Ubuntu is clearly not my thing. Not a fan of Redhat-based distribution either. I wanted to appreciate OpenSuse as they've been supporters of KDE for a long time but wasn't comfortable with Yast.

Apart from that, Manjaro is awesome, Arch amazing, Debian brilliant, etc.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

You don't need yast for anything.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

but wasn’t comfortable with Yast.

I don't even remember how many years it's been when Yast was actually needed. It's optional since quite some time. Even installing the OS itself could technically be done through Calamares but I don't think that's worth the effort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Good to hear, my impression of OpenSuse was from 10+ years ago, I should have said so.