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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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Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now? (lemmy.ml)

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I started fairly recently (probably somewhere between nine and seven years ago; time isn’t my strong suit, cut me some slack) on Debian. Now I’m on Arch Linux.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Ages ago, perhaps over 10 years ago (not keeping track because then I'll have to admit I'm getting older). I think it was because of the surprisingly common issue where wifi would just... Stop working in Windows. Installed Ubuntu and basically had fun tweaking it and learning Linux.

Then Windows 8 happened and everyone decided that they needed to change how everything worked to copy their example. Hopped between Unity, Gnome 3 and Gnome 2 for a while, looking for something that suited my tastes before eventually settling on Mint and Cinnamon.