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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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I also want to see how many downvotes i am going to get

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

mrvictory1 already posted a lot of these, but there's some extras in here, and if nothing else there's extra credibility from so many people saying the same things: One, Two, Three, Four

TL;DR: they have a bad track record, their packaging lifecycle just plain sucks, and there's so many better distros that you could use instead. EndeavourOS is an easy in-place substitution.