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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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what caused you to get into Linux? (lemm.ee)

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What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?

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

Curiosity. Then starting development and figuring out most things non-MS specific assume UNIX/Linux based. I'm not obsessed at all, I quite enjoy macOS, and don't mind Windows too much for what I do with it, but it's my OS of choice for development machines, and any servers I control.

[–] mariom 2 points 1 year ago

Same here. Curiosity which changed in time to my work.

I even was using win10 + wsl in company, but after time of adding crapware + forced win11 update (downgrade) I just said "gimme Linux laptop". Gave up totally, useless for me

On personal hardware - Linux is first choice, omly gaming pc is Windows based.