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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, arch isn’t the most welcoming to new users, or so I’ve heard lol.

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

Bah ha ha! All the main distros are amazing these days. You really can't go wrong with most. And if one doesn't work, just pick another of the top 5.

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

Recently switched to Linux a couple months ago and can't recommend EndeavorOS more. It's great.

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

I really like Debian I was using Arch before, but Debian looks better to me

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

God I love lemmy, I would have probably never known about EndeavorOS otherwise. Time to fire up a vbox VM and give this thing a whirl.

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