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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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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if a new user is using a distro that doesn’t use systemd they fell for a meme

Or they hate fridge art like systemd and are on something like PCLinuxOS or Alpine.

[–] echo@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what I mean though, why would a new user be running alpine as a desktop os?

[–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That would be me: My hardware at the time was crap so I couldn't use the usual mint, ubuntu, etc and I was gonna use debian but I couldn't find the x86 download button, so after a bunch of messing about with distros like puppy and #!++, I settled on alpine for a bit. I now have decent hardware and use fedora.