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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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I'm so frustrated rn. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Kawi@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have been distro hopping for about 2 weeks now, there's always something that doesn't work. I thought I would stick with Debian and now I haven't been able to make my printer work in it, I think I tried in another distro and it just worked out of the box, but there's always something that's broken in every distro.

I'm sorry I'm just venting, do you people think Ubuntu will work for me? I think I will try it next.

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[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The only reason you should ever distro hop is for fun

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Naah I think it's super useful to know a bit about all popular distros. This makes you able to actually take part in conversations about what distro to pick for example.

I've ran them all at some point in my life, which makes me able to understand that it's not just "different package manager" as some people say.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Conversations about what distro to pick are often the biggest reasons it is hard to pick a distro.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, people say that, but for me it wasn't a problem, I just picked one when I got started. Didn't feel like a major decision since you can just switch again if you are unhappy.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I feel ya. I was the same way. They said don't distro hop so that was the first thing I did 🤣 I guess the thing with a lot other people is they are used to the thing that "just works" (whatever the fuck that means).

For them, I just tell them use PopOS. Good distro. Little fuss. Maintained by a company with interest in keeping it going.

That said, I'm teaching a class this afternoon to CS majors and the first thing I'm having them do is install Arch in a vm 😉

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago

Shit, that's sound like a really cool class... Hope they enjoy it. :)