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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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Is the Windows Subsystem for Linux worth it? (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by Resol to c/[email protected]

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I've had a pretty poor experience with it myself, so I wanna see what the Linux community thinks about this.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's fine if all you need/want is a Linuxy shell to work with, but if you actually want a proper Linux computer, with a DE that doesn't suck, mapable keyboard shortcuts, no spyware, working workspaces, tools that do what you want rather than what Microsoft wants for you, etc., you're going to be miserable.