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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).

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What happened to my computer (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by joel_feila to c/[email protected]

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I now see this when i boot up. I just restarted my pc and now i get this.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Welcome, this is the Linux user equivalent of popping your cherry.

You have a few options, but the easiest is to just use a rescue thing like Rescatux on a USB drive that automates most of the process. If you haven't the means of flashing a USB drive (like another computer) but still have your linux installation USB drive, most distros offer a "rescue existing install" option somewhere in their installer/liveUSB. But you'll have to search around.

[–] joel_feila 3 points 7 months ago

Same thing happened to my windiws oc way back in 2002. Hdd crash wrecked its boot loader