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

Sick. I literally just switched from Ubuntu to Debian

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

Just curious, what made you choose Debian over say Fedora or Arch option?

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

No great reason, really. I've tried Arch before and it needs a bit more manual administration than I prefer. The goal was to get off of Ubuntu and, having never used Fedora and Ubuntu being close to Debian, I just kind of went with what I'm more familiar with.

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

What are animated images? Do they mean gifs?