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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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I need a distro that can work right out the box without too much hassle to configure it, which one would you recommend? (lemm.ee)

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Thx in advice.

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[–] gingernate 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fedora

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fedora requires adding rpm-fusion to enable proprietary apps like Steam or hardware acceleration for codecs like h264. It's a great distro besides that, and I sincerely hope they'll just accept the legal risk like Ubuntu does.

[–] gingernate 2 points 8 months ago

It's super straightforward to enable, it prompts you to at start up. I think so anyway.

[–] gingernate 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah I agree they should just accept the risk

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

except with nvidia. gets stuck on black screen and did not understand the instructions i found in the interwebs.

[–] gingernate 1 points 8 months ago

Damn that sucks. Had lots of good luck with fedora, but I've never had Nvidia