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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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thinking of trying linux, (aussie.zone)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My current issue is i see you guys constantly having issues, editing files etc.

Is it not stable?

Can you not set it up and then not have ongoing issues?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you pick a well known distribution such as Pop Os or Linux Mint you will have very little issues, and if you have any, you will be able to easily find help since they are very popular, and they are also using Ubuntu as a base, which is the most popular of the popular distros.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can vouch for mint. Have had almost no issues with it, I barely even touch the terminal unless I'm doing development.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

I'm old. Mint 15 XFCE, I burnt an installed copy onto a thumb drive, and ran into a weird grub glitch. Asked on a Mint forum, and Clem himself (maker of Mint) wrote me a detailed how-to-fix. Warm fuzzy feelings for Mint.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Vouching for PopOS, which has been my primary OS for years. The only thing I run a Win VM for is the old Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas & Campaign Cartographer. I suppose I could tinker with Wine, but it tends to be finicky with the latter.

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

My only complaint with Pop os is its high Ram usage and Pop is shop eating all CPU resources.

I run Pop and Mint in VMs with Fedora as my main system