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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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Dangerous opinion, I've recently moved to Fedora after Ubuntu and after customising it on the GNOME desktop, it's literally Ubuntu (But better) in every way except no snaps.

Personally as someone who got the ground running using Ubuntu as my 1st Linux distro, fedora is a comfortable transfer and I really like their spins.

Sure DNF can be slow but you can fix that and sure redhat can be a little... difficult with their decisions.

What do you think of Fedora? So far I enjoy the stability combined with near-arch levels of getting new updates!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

it's literally Ubuntu (But better) in every way except no snaps.

That would be Debian, friend.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Debian is awesome but only if you don't care about having the newest features and updates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

True. I can't understand why anyone would choose having the newest features over stability. But each to their own.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Not just newest features, newest documentation, bug fixes, and optimizations as well. When I started with Linux, I had many issues that were further exasperated by finding answers for newer versions of software. Nowadays my servers run debian!

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

This looks like a fallacy in the argument. Ubuntu is generally known as being very stable as well, they tend to avoid breaking changes over the lifetime of a release and there are LTS releases to boot.

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