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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 finally switched back to Linux as my daily driver after a couple of years of being on nothing but Windows. (lemmy.world)

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I ran Manjaro Linux as my daily driver a few years ago but slowly phased it out for Windows for some reason, and I'm finally back using Linux (currently Linux Mint). I gotta say, I don't know why I ever switched back to Windows. There's just so much freedom Linux gives you right off the bat that Windows is just plain stubborn about. The final straw for me was a couple weeks ago when Microsoft added a Copilot (Bing AI) Shortcut to my Windows 11 taskbar. They'd already added ads to my start menu and preinstalled a bunch of garbage that should be opt-in, not opt-out, so I was just fed up with it at that point. Plus, Linux is so much more customizable. Been running Mint for about a week and a half now, and honestly, I don't think I'll be using Windows much anymore.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why is everyone in here saying "daily driver" all of a sudden?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

It's a term that has existed for quite a while, at least in this kind of community.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It has always been a very common term to describe the distro/OS of choice. Even moreso when linux was a bit less usable as a desktop OS and dual-booting was pretty necessary

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Daily Driver

Here's someone using the term in 2011.

https://xdaforums.com/t/what-os-are-you-using-as-your-daily-driver.919218/

And I'm sure there are plenty of older examples.

But some others are here from 2015

https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34990

2017

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=222919

2014 (ish?)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2njaz3/what_are_you_using_as_your_daily_driver/

All that from a simple google search.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People using cars as wallpapers on GNU+Linux is trending right now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Haha, that'd be funny if this was the meaning.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's been said for a long time afaik. Didn't start on lemmy

[–] LeFantome 2 points 1 year ago

Well, if obviously comes from the world of cars. My guess is that its use there dates back to before PCs. It just make sense that people that already used it for cars would apply it to computers. It is hard to know the timing. Probably at the point that at least some people started to have access to more than one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Adding to what has already been said. It can help to differentiate when you use multiple OS’s but end up using one more than the rest.