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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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Actually Good Distro Recomendations for Beginners (reggie.re)

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I grew tired of bad "Top 10 Linux distros in ${CURRENT_YEAR}" articles so I wrote one that I would consider useful myself when starting out.

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[–] rtxn -2 points 2 years ago

Manjaro, and I'm not joking. It has all of the advantages and disadvantages of Arch, but at the same time has a very user-friendly default configuration, and a GUI tool that lets you choose which kernel version to use (LTS, latest, real-time, etc).

Unlike most Arch-based distros, it's not a bleeding-edge rolling release. It's always behind Arch with a rapid point-release schedule, but that also means that each update gets tested and commented on by users (and I do encourage reading and contributing to the release forum thread - it is how I avoided the GRUB bug that killed many Arch installations).