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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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They are confusing, but I can at least find them eventually. I can't remember exactly what it was that the problem was with my last Linux install... I think my secondary monitor was stuck at 640x480 resolution or something, and I couldn't find a way to fix it that didn't involve the command line
I do remember facing that issue in my early Linux days, so fair enough. Hopefully, now it's super rare and it was able to fix in a single command.