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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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Looking to switch to Linux in the somewhat distant future (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by thespezfucker@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Any distro I should use?

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[–] thespezfucker@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

sorry for being inactive here, I have other things happening at the moment. i'm just gonna put some stuff here

You will mostly stick to defaults (at least initially).

Kinda, I recently started to get interested in modding! It isn't stuff like homebrew (although I was planning to root my phone, until OEM unlock was disabled. Thanks wiko.), I mostly just use something like vencord and Bloxstrap (just tweaks the Roblox client a bit, no exploits tho) This might be not seen as modding, but who cares.

Your 'computer-literacy' is at least (slightly) higher than average.

slightly, I do know how to use HTML to an extent, and can know whats the difference between RAM and hard drives, I still have a long way to go.

Ok here are some of the specs that I can remember (I'm currently not home as of typing this)

I have a HP 2022 Laptop, decent enough to play games

I have a 512 hard drive and 12 GB of RAM

only has 2 USB ports, most of it was replaced by type C, so dual booting with.something USB related might be hard

Dabbled a bit into linux with a VM (a few years ago tho, it was Ubuntu)

and thats all I could remember, I do plan to do an update post after trying out some distros on a VM, hopefully it works!