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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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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 59 points 10 months ago (19 children)

Why stop at Ubuntu if you can try a new distro each month?

[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 77 points 10 months ago (12 children)

This is the way, quit your real job and focus on nothing but switching distros

[–] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess there’s that beginner period when that should be allowed. I kind of wished it happened to me again, instead of daily driving boring Arch systems with no incentive to ever change.

[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah when you're a beginner or when you get back into Linux you have like a grace period to reproduce a productive environment, then you're worried about changing too much in case it all breaks and goes wrong

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