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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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Windows settings are notoriously confusing, and absolute majority of things can currently be resolved in various Linux environments via GUI.

I honestly don't remember when I last opened the terminal. Using Manjaro KDE on my main machine right now.

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

They are confusing, but I can at least find them eventually. I can't remember exactly what it was that the problem was with my last Linux install... I think my secondary monitor was stuck at 640x480 resolution or something, and I couldn't find a way to fix it that didn't involve the command line

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I do remember facing that issue in my early Linux days, so fair enough. Hopefully, now it's super rare and it was able to fix in a single command.