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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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The year of Linux on the desktop is closer. Linux reaches 3% of desktops (web.archive.org)

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[–] AkatsukiLevi 1 points 1 year ago

Used to use Fedora for a long time(still use for a few servers), but after all the RHEL drama, decided to switch it up and ended up on Alpine

Wouldn't recommend because it is a lot more technical, specially with the lack of glibc, but oh boy is it fun to mess around with.

Arch Linux is rather technical, but considerably less, also if you want to go to those more technical distros and don't fear having to go your way around the terminal and want to learn, give Nix a try