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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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[–] that_leaflet 23 points 4 days ago

Note that this is from late July.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh this is one of those new-fangled 'immutable' OSs. I just watched a PeerTube Video from The Linux Experiment about it - it looks complicated but it's something I'd like to try out at some point in the future.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I've been daily driving Bazzite for about 3 months now and am really enjoying it. It's a gaming focused 'immutable' distro.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm highly considering this as a daily driver. Docs need a bit more organization and not sure how big the community is but it checks a lot of boxes for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I'm about to give it a go, next I have tinker time.