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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] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One word: snapd

If you like the idea of ubuntu, but wish to avoid ubuntu, you might want to check out Linux Mint.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] BitSound 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also a great option. I like their tiling window manager and the other gnome extensions they've done. I'm also generally excited about the work they're doing with Cosmic as a new DE.

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

Been chomping at the bit for cosmic since I learned of it.

[–] iopq 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't that the one where Linus broke the WM by installing Steam? Lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are we just going to pretend Debian doesn’t exist?

[–] BitingChaos 1 points 1 year ago

We know. I've just grown accustomed how Ubuntu is set up. Its defaults for many packages seem a little more configured "out of the box" compared to the same offerings like from Debian. I seem to recall installing LAMP stuff from both Debian and CentOS having a similar base config (basically just using the defaults from php, apache, mysql, etc), while the Ubuntu versions had some things already pre-configured that made it easier to get a multi-domain site up and running quicker.

A fresh Ubuntu install, followed by a snapd purge and rolling back of its networking is usually easier for me than going with something like CentOS or Debian and manually configuring each and ever package with it.

Then again, I've been using Ansible for a while, so my setups for CentOS and Debian have been getting easier and easier, so it's possible that I may eventually drop Ubuntu if they end up changing their OS so much that I can no longer purge their junk.

[–] Podo_Danderfluff 1 points 1 year ago