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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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What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by case_when@feddit.uk to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[–] scriptGoober@linux.community 1 points 2 months ago

manjaro.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

Opensuse. Did absolutely nothing wrong but I just didn't vibe with it. Went to fedora and I vibe hard with it

[–] EponymousBosh@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm currently using Linux Mint as well. I tried Garuda out and I did really like it, but the rolling release kept breaking NVIDIA.

I used Ubuntu back in the day but it sucks now. Snaps are the devil's work.

[–] recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Gentoo because while it was fun to try I sure as hell won't be waiting around for my stuff to compile.

[–] haroldstork@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Fedora. Fedora is solid, but coming from arch I felt it was lacking so much in the way of the package repos and doing things like secure boot was more effort than it was worth.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu. I initially downloaded it for my sibling's pc but now that I've downloaded and configured all these things on their computer, I don't want to reinstall a new OS and reconfigure and download everything again.

[–] GenBlob@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Any distro that's based on an existing one but changes or adds very little to it. There are so many dead Ubuntu and Debian reskins

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