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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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How to learn linux? (lemmy.ml)

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Recently, I've been using linux(tried multiple distros). I'm curious about how linux works, it's architecture! Is there a book, guide, video, etc to learn about linux? By using linux, I get to know something. It would be better If I know how linux works!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@PropaGandalf @fbsz

I've used both, and really, from an understanding standpoint, there's really not much difference between Arch and Gentoo.

Gentoo's main advantage are its USE flags, which the packages use to determine which "configure" options to select at compile time. However, installing and updating the system can take hours or days while you wait for everything to compile.

Arch, on the other hand, uses binary packages, which is faster, but lacks the flexibility of USE flags.

[–] PropaGandalf 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly, thats what I said. OP should better focus on learning the basics which is by far faster on arch.

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

@PropaGandalf

I should also probably mention that messing with the USE flags can make things a little brittle, since it's possible to flag out options that might not be important now, but could become important later. Most binary distributions make things as flexible as possible to accommodate future changes.

[–] PropaGandalf 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah most of the times I just included them all unless I really didn't need them (some architecture specific stuff or a specific protocol)