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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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Migrating away from Fedora, looking for advice. (sh.itjust.works)

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

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I’m in the market to find a new distro that is similar enough to Fedora that switching won’t be as laborious as I’ve had it before. I keep hearing POP!_os is a good choice but I’m going to as the community what they think is good.

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

How does the recovery partition work? I mean, I always thought it was a "copy" of the iso so that you can reinstall the system without an external USB drive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ye but if you can boot into it you can still fix main OS :) https://support.system76.com/articles/pop-recovery/

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

One really cool thing that you can do with the recovery partition is to reinstall but keep everything in your home directory intact. I think it's called refresh installation. Very handy to recover from a bad situation without much hassle. Imo more distros should have a recovery partition.

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

Ok I think it's time to create the recovery partition (I didn't create it during the installation)