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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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[–] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

My first experiment with openSUSE was also not ended well back then but nowadays it's in my top 3 list when I'm suggesting distros to people.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

... nowadays it’s in my top 3 list when I’m suggesting distros to people

same here; but only because of the support like red hat's and canonical's

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I've tried it a few times over the years, but always find it clunky when coming from Fedora, so I end up jumping right back. It's also a real shitshow with my System 76 laptop WiFi, just doesn't play nice and takes to much work to make it functional.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

i take back what i said; i just discovered that suse isn't going to support opensuse anymore.

[–] lancalot@discuss.online 2 points 6 hours ago

I tried to find sources on that but failed. Could you help me out?