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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's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora? (lemmy.ml)

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I'm wondering what the current favorite distros are besides the most popular ones like Arch, Debian and Fedora.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can it still be a favourite if I haven't touched it in a decade? I still love Gentoo but I have enough shiny things to burn up my time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Same! I'm on Ubuntu and Pop these days but I fondly remember my old distcc build cluster...

Portage is still far and away my favorite package manager.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Hahaha same on the distcc cluster. It was a rare proud moment for me many years ago. I rememeber when I got the cross compiling working it felt like magic. Good times.