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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's your preferred DE? (lemdro.id)

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I’m currently testing Fedora KDE on a VM (windows host) before eventually switching over to Linux completely.

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

Oh it's only "CD" in the name, you can boot the image from a USB stick. No need to go out and buy actual CDs.

I wanted to move away from Ubuntu and .deb based desktop distros because they don't do well with long term use.

The way debs work, if you want third party software you have to add repos individually. But each of them tracks dependencies only within their scope. So eventually you end up with combinations of packages that the installer cannot solve anymore and you can't upgrade your main packages. Which results in an reinstall.

I wanted something Arch-based because I heard it takes "rolling distro" seriously and you can keep upgrading and using it indeterminately. And there's a single third party repo (AUR) which only breaks its own packages when the main system is updated, but not the main system. Which seems like a reasonable compromise.

But I wanted a more polished desktop experience so no plain Arch. The candidates were Manjaro, Garuda and Endeavour so that's where the live CD test came in.