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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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And Linux isn't minimal effort. It's an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding computers better. With a sensei who keeps demanding you figure problems out on your own in order to learn and level up.

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That's why I'd love to see more developers take another look at Linux. Such that they may develop better proficiency in the basic katas of the internet. Such that they aren't scared to connect a computer to the internet without the cover of a cloud.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If it came preinstalled it would overtake Windows

[–] Crismus@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I just installed Manjaro over my windows 10 drive and the effort so far has been way easier than I thought.

KDE Plasma reminds me a lot of WIn 10, and nearly everything I did on my windows system works under Linux without hassle. The only issue I had were certain technical things like overlooking my GPU and setting up my LED lights.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Those are the usual problems in Linux, they can be summed up by "Third party companies don't support Linux", and they are especially annoying because with time you learn that there's no reason that thing shouldn't work, other than because the company either purposefully figures out if you're running Linux and crashes the program (e g. DRM, anti-cheat, etc) or because they created their own closed proprietary protocol and refuse to share the public API for it so it needs to be reverse engineered.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah I didn't find Linux install any harder than installing windows from scratch.

Edit: the only thing was multiple choices for home filesystem, which made me do some research on why I would want ext3 or 4 of xfs, or btrfs.

[–] melmel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

This is the answer! Most people will not ever install a new operating system.

[–] 3H3x36tBElshOa@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about ChromeOS?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

It is Linux, but the machines are low apec and depend on cloud based google stuff for storage etc. Not quite the same as Desktop or powerful laptop