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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Something else I miss on Linux is a good alterantive to RoyalTS. RDP, SSH, VNC, etc. connectivity manager. Remmina I think is the closest but its not as good.

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

My employer is an MS shop so needs RDP, and then SSH for the Linux systems I've introduced.

[–] Alivrah 2 points 1 year ago

Not enough hymns from God, sadly

[–] skeezix 2 points 1 year ago

Your attitude towards OS is like what you enjoy about car ownership: Linux: you enjoy building cars and maintaining them. Windows: you prefer to spend your time under the hood working on difficult problems. Mac: you just want to drive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm thinking about whonix+qubes... Just because it's the best... https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/Install

The main problem that I heard is that it is power hungry for some reason

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

League of Legends being broken every patch (like right now). Or Linux not being the focus of the game devs most of the time. Screen sharing not working on discord. Adobe like apps not working on wine (no I won’t use GIMP. It’s easier for me to boot to windows than to learn the GIMP way)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I need Linux for my work, so it's not really possible to switch.
I do keep a Windows machine for gaming at home though.

Right tool for the job and so on..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm done with Windows myself. The only time I ever touch it is for work when I gave to deal with some of our VMs for Photoshop users

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