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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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Looking to switch to Linux in the somewhat distant future (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by thespezfucker@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Any distro I should use?

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[–] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

WDYM? Why do you think Arch is hard to use?

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you being serious right now?

Giving Arch to a complete beginner is like throwing a non-swimmer into the pool.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Arch is at most as a hard to use as Debian once you've got it installed, not to mention EndeavourOS's Welcome app

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I like Endeavor. But it isn't right for a new user.

Here is butnone example: on most user friendly distros, connecting to share and other computers on their network is easy.

In endeavor it is not shipped with samba. Yet the desktop environments have icons to browse the network.

Now you and I know you simply add the smb packages you want, write a conf file and it will work.

But a new person doesn't know that. Or how to do that.

And that is just one example.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ah, well I usually just share with cloud drive services like I did on Windows. Soom food for thought though.

[–] prole@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

But regardless of what distro they use, they're probably going to have to Google stuff every now and then. If they're not ready for that, then maybe they're not ready for Linux.

I switched a few months ago, and EndeavorOS is the only distro I've used and see no reason to switch. It's been fantastic.