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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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KDE's New Distro: Btrfs-Based, Immutable Linux OS, with Flatpak and Snap (linuxiac.com)

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[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (22 children)

Thanks for de-influencing me out of switching to KDE plasma, mint and ubuntu are the only distros I've tried and I've been thinking about trying something new

New users (like me) that aren't necessarily passionate about linux and just looking for a windows alternative can be easily persuaded early on

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

Looks like there's still something you can try, brother.

[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

After bashing my face against the wall getting lutris to run StarCraft 2, I'm avoiding looking at my OS too hard

I feel like I should try arch just once so I understand the memes

[–] polle 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you know what the issue was? Iam on kubuntu with the flatpak version (important) of lutris and battle.net + sc2 just runs out of the box. With a normal installation of lutris it didn't.

[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Kept telling me I was missing Vulkan and lib C (I think) and I kept installing it wrong somehow. Eventually I downloaded steam and ran one game (potion craft) and it installed everything I needed automatically, lutris worked just fine after that

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