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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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Friendly reminder (feddit.nl)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by neidu2@feddit.nl to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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This is your annual reminder to do a snapshot (timeshift or whatever you prefer) before doing relatively minor changes to your system.

I was supposed to be in bed now, but instead I am stuck troubleshooting xorg refusing to start after an apt-get dist-upgrade.

And as far as friendly reminders go, I should've given myself an unfriendly reminder beforehand, as it's not the first time....

UPDATE: Fuck nvidia 545. All my homies hate nvidia 545. 535 4 lyf!

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Packages can break, not the distro. Packages can break at any time because there's thousands of them and nobody can check all of them thoroughly. A rolling distro gets you both the bugs and the fixes faster.

Non-apt and non-rolling will limit your options considerably.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I might be confused. I thought that the distro itself was made up of packages and that's what all updates did: update various packages bundled with the distro (plus any you installed yourself)