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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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What has your experience with Linux been like so far? How long has been your Linux journey? Mine began while I was studying computer science, and I've been in love with Linux since.

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[–] bababu 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seeing all the issues in the video, I feel like my experience with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx as my first self-installed Linux OS was much smoother :D

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah. Ubuntu really simplified everything.

My first distro on my own PC was Mandrake. I don't know how many times I had to reinstall it because of my fuckups.

Two years later I was compiling my own kernel with the source code of special modules that I had downloaded for my NVidia card that had composite video input.

I've never had to compile a kernel since Ubuntu. I completely forgot to be honest.