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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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Linux middle ground? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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so a common claim I see made is that arch is up to date than Debian but harder to maintain and easier to break. Is there a good sort of middle ground distro between the reliability of Debian and the up-to-date packages of arch?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

another recomendation for Fedora from me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They don’t package LTS kernels which is pretty concerning—especially if using out-of-kernel modules that don’t always get released in lock step that could leave you with a machine that won’t boot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's true. i do sometimes have issues with the ZFS package not compiling because of a too new kernel not being supported yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Happy I switched to NixOS to solve this issue for myself