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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 weird that I like and use both Fedora and Debian? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I never thought about it before but I use upstream and downstream without much though. For my personal devices and containers I use Fedora but when it comes to servers and VMs I use Debian for its stable nature.

I also run Linux mint in my homelab with pcie pass though so it functions like a normal desktop.

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[–] mvirts 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It would be weirder to like Linux and Windows, but hey someone had to write samba 😹

[–] okamiueru 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Only reason why that is weird to me, is just how much better Linux is. I'm too old to give a shit about a fanboy mentality. Linux used to be something you suffered through in order to get a tradeoff only available to power users. Now, my 90 year old grandmother has an easier time with Linux. It's more consistent, and doesn't break stuff nearly as often.

A more controversial take, is that I feel the same about MacOS. It was a lot of work in order to reduce how often it is annoying.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Samba is much easier to deal with than NFS. I would use it in a all Linux environment honestly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I tend to agree - I have no love lost for Microsoft but I’m also willing to admit when they’ve got some good tech.