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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 makes you not want to use Linux anymore and maybe move back to Windows, MacOS, or TempleOS? (endlesstalk.org)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@mindbleach @ani I feel old saying I felt the same way about windows 2000

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was a low-bullshit implementation. Windows 7 felt like an update to 2000 - as if ME, XP, and Vista never happened. None of that Fisher-Price interface. They had it on lock!

And then they spat out an OS for tablets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I loved Windows 7. It hurts a little every time I come across someone still running it as a daily driver and I recoil in horror as I recommend basically anything else