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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] 48 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Vim is pretty easy for me because I'm used to it. Nano is very difficult to use for me because I've rarely used it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I was Nano user and I liked it. After I learned to use Vim, I liked it more. Now when I use nano it's frustrating to use and I can do things much faster and easier in vim 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Opposite here. I got started with Gentoo back in the day of building things from the ground up. Their tutorials all used nano and I just got used to using that. I think when I had casually tried to mess with linux previously, old Mandrake and Redhat in the '90s, I always used the GUI editors, but I also didn't have a ton of time to mess with it and my hardware wasn't well-supported.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Same. Stage 1 install will forever be a core memory for me.