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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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Need a new distro(or help with fedora (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I have a new installation of fedora, which I reinstalled because gdm would freeze and prevent me from logging in and using my computer. I then noticed the same problem on the new installation. I noticed that using an older kernel worked, but system upgrades will break gdm again. I don't want to have to never update my system. New distro? Suggestions to fix this? I ideally want an relatively bleeding edge distro.

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[–] Shareni 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I ran Arch for 3+ years, and finally got tired of fixing it. Fedora gave me nothing but troubles, but is working perfectly fine as a friend's first distro. Now I'm on MX + nix, and I doubt I'll move any time soon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well that's good right? Finding the thing you like most and stick with it. Kinda like finding your lover haha

[–] Shareni 1 points 8 months ago

It's more like I found a young mistress and it fixed my marriage (not a good metaphor but I'm going with). Running a stable distro is a completely different experience today than it was 5 years ago, and it's all thanks to tools like nix and flatpak.