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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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Could we add "Distrochooser" to the sidebar? (distrochooser.de)

submitted 9 months ago by onlinepersona to c/[email protected]

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Quite a few posts about selecting a distro to use. Maybe it's time to make that link a little more prominent?

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[–] onlinepersona 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The suggested distros have advantages and disadvantages stated for the responses you gave. For example, I simulated being a newbie here: https://distrochooser.de/en/d5b60b6e6134/

Mint, Zorin, Ubuntu flavors, Pop!OS are on top. Then OpenSuse is listed and it has a caveat "May require additional configuration for gaming". The ones below that all have such warnings and reasons why it wouldn't recommend it e.g for Knoppix "Can be used for daily work, but is built for live-mode".

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I look at it, and I have to scroll down 10 entries before I see something that isn't all plus signs. Yes, you can count them, but at a glance it gives you choice paralysis. Not to mention how obnoxious seeing every single DE of Ubuntu is, and how distros like elementaryOS shouldn't be chosen by anyone.