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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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[–] banghida@lemm.ee 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Exactly... People hanging on to windows for dear life pretending like they had to "learn" windows

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Indeed. A cellphone with google search opened in a browser is all you need.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

typing on phones are so painful...

buy a $50 thinkpad and spare yourself from the pain

[–] niva@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Connect a keyboard to your phone!

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

wireless keyboards? a good wireless keyboard is more expensive than old thinkpads in my region ._.

[–] Libb@jlai.lu 10 points 1 day ago

To use it as your daily driver and (learn to) deal with whatever issues and question you may face? That's how I did it ;)

[–] lemmur@szmer.info 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The problem with ArchWiki is that not everybody uses Arch. Some distros (like Fedora) do things diffrently and Arch solution do not work.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some stuff in the arch wiki applies to other distros, but not always.

[–] lemmur@szmer.info 1 points 1 day ago

Yup, pretty much

[–] Nergon@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

It's excellent for learning, though. When I started using Linux I had no idea what the differences between distros were. Having to "translate" or adapt solutions from the ArchWiki to Debian, Fedora, etc. taught me a lot about using Linux and how my computer worked.

[–] far_university190@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

never had any problem. fedora, mint, pop, opensuse.

just think for second before you do thing to system.

[–] lemmur@szmer.info 1 points 1 day ago

Man utils sound cool tho

[–] xtapa@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

The best way to learn Linux for ne was to make comparison table to all the distros and to look for what I want to make decision. Whenever I got questions, I asked ChatGPT. Then, the biggest step, was just using it. As my Daily Driver. I tried dual booting / a second "tinkering laptop" and it did just not work for me.

Now I am happy and keep learning all the small details.

Feels like when I was young and got my first PC.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

the wiki download thing is so nice