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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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Neat factor (leminal.space)

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

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I've messed around with Linux before, mostly in VMs, but I'm looking to switch over from Windows permanently on my laptop because I think Linux is cool. Most people in this community talk about pros and cons of this distro or this other distro, but I'd like to hear your opinions based on entirely subjective factors.
I think Arch is neat, I think Ubuntu isn't as neat, why? Who knows. Tell me about how you chose a specific distro because you thought the name was cool or because it ships with some completely unknown utility no one uses.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

NixOS has a cool logo.

There, I said it.

[–] linearchaos 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I installed it three nights ago.

It has a lot of neat

It has a lot of wtf

You start out, I want x, then you realize you want y, then you find out to get y, you need z. Then you put follow some instructions and defining unfree in one spot no longer works. Then you find out there are no safe facilities to deploy secrets and you'll have to make that anyway.

I don't hate it at all, but I'm slowly realizing it's not what I thought it was.

Still cool though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, it's very much one of those "steep learning curve" distros, and requires a lot of background reading and perhaps a bit of functional programming knowledge.

For secrets storage, I've been using agenix, but you can probably get away with just putting the secrets as plain text files in /var/secrets or similar.