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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 the difference between package manager and why are there so many? (lemmy.ml)

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

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Are they so different that it's justified to have so many different distributions? So far I guess that different package manager are the reason that divides the linux community. One may be on KDE and one on GNOME but they can use each other's packages but usually you are bound to one manager

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

Not sure. I have fedora 38 in a VM and it's still very slow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not targeted to be default until Fedora 41. So if you wanted to try it out you would have to install it your self.

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

Ok then, I'll search it up and install it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sweet I hope it really is better for you then!

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

I actually did install it. I hate to judge it in a virtual machine, but I've noticed a small difference. It's still slow, but not as slow as the other one. Fun fact, the only reason why I don't use fedora is that I hate their installer. I have 3 drives on my PC, and I'm so scared that I'd mess things up and lose my photos/videos/games etc 😂 The installer is so confusing. I remember figuring it out once then just forgot it again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I custom install every time, partially to preserve my user data partition, partially because I don't like the defaults (I like mirroring my disks and leaving space to grow into later if I want)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Same here, that's why I have 3 different drives in my PC, 512GB nvme ssd for root, 1TB SATA SSD for home, and 2 TB SATA SSD just for games/emulation and steam