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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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Your Most Frustrating Configuration Experience? (lemmy.ml)

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What software have you found particularly frustrating or difficult to configure on Linux?

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[–] Joelk111 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Recently? Email notifications for my crontab jobs. I learned that snapraid sync had been failing for 200 DAYS. I was thinking it'd be easy for some reason. It hasn't been.

Overall though, Nextcloud was a nightmare and I just gave up.

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

In recent years I've found NextCloud to reasonable. A little delicate initially, but once you have it working, the upgrades are very easy.

[–] Joelk111 1 points 1 month ago

I also realized that I just didn't need all of the functionality and such. In reality I just need a file sharing system akin to Google drive.