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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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The Linux Experiment - NIX OS: the best package manager on the most solid Linux distribution (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by simple@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Seems like this distro is getting a lot of traction recently. Has anyone tried it? Is it any good?

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[–] Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like nix could be a good 'project' distro, but I would hesitate on installing it on my main computer until I was quite familiar with it and had a few months with it on another computer.

[–] saba@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree, but I've decided to play with it in qemu for a while. I've also been looking at Chimera and have that in a vm too. Currently I use Void, btw