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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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[–] pruneaue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nixos.
The ability to have my whole system in a git repo is what i have been looking for when i did not know it.
Steep freaking curve though and the documentation kinda blows. But its the distro ive spent the longest on apart from Arch, and i feel quote at home even though most stuff is done differently.

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Also, mixing stable and unstable packages; also nix run/shell/develop. On the other hand, error messages sometimes outcompete those from cpp in being confusing AF 🤣