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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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Deciding between mint and fedora, quick questions (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What are some recommend changes for gaming for linux distros? Know I or to get steam and portion, but not sure what else

Have a AMD Gpu and cpu if that is important

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[–] sxan@midwest.social -4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's a Microsoft network filesystem. They're probably telling you: don't leave your games on an old Windows computer and try to remote mount the drive with NTFS; if you do, you'll be sorry. Re-install the games on Linux.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

NTFS has nothing to do with the network. Maybe you're thinking of NFS? But natively Windows uses SMB.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wtf? NTFS is the NT File System.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For some reason my phone ate the "nothing" in "NTFS has nothing to do with the network". I've put it back.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Ahh got it. I was just confused for a moment 😁

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah. NFS and CIFS got mangled in my brain.

[–] vintageballs@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

It's not a network file system. It's a regular file system for hard drives, SSDs and such, which is used by default on Windows since Windows NT (that's where the NT comes from - it doesn't stand for network but "new technology").

The implementation in Windows is closed source meaning the file system had to be reverse engineered to even work at all under Linux. Support nowadays is okay-ish, but as soon as you don't properly shutdown your computer or use the file system under Windows, you will run into weird problems.

Also it just straight up doesn't work for most games running under wine.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wtf also, "NT" in "NTFS" does not mean "network", holy shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well, I didn't say "NT" stood for "network", but you're right that I was wrong about it being a network filesystem.

holy shit.

I'm glad you're so passionate about people being wrong!

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I didn't really mean to sound mad, sorry.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

Naw, I didn't think you were mad; it was funny that you sounded so shocked that someone on the internet could be wrong.