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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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Is anybody running Linux on ARM laptops? (Mediatek, Qualcomm Snapdragon, etc.) (feddit.org)

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And if so, which distro and how is it?

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[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 7 points 3 hours ago

Years ago i managed to run Gentoo on an Asus Transformer tablet. Pretty shitty experience due to the low spec hardware (1gb ram, shitty slow uSD storage)

Still an awesome experience. Ithink compiling Firefox took one week, and it didn't run smooth at all. I remember also setting up swap on a USB thumb drive.

Go figure.

I still have the image and stuff somewhere. Not the tabled unfortunately