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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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What are people daily driving these days? (lemmy.world)

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

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I'm between distros and looking for a new daily driver for my laptop. What are people daily driving these days? Are there any new cool things to try?

I have been using linux mint recently. I have used nixos and arch in the past. Personally, linux mint uses flatpacks too much for my liking. Although, I might have a warped perspective after using arch. (the aur is crazy big)

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

A Chevy volt. Turns out gm figured out that a PHEV is a great idea 12 years ago

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What kinda rpms you getting on that

[–] onlinepersona 7 points 1 year ago

It probably uses apks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure, just realized this is a computer post lol

If you want mpg it's anywhere from 75 to 130mpg per tank of gas.

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

Haha, welcome. rpm was just the first vaguely-car-sounding Linux term I could think of.

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

What is rpms in Linux? I just lurk on /all so I see a ton of Linux stuff that I don't understand haha

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

RedHat Package Manager. It's also the file extension for their packages, so you'll see stuff like firefox_nightly.rpm