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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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How To install Fyra Lab's Terra repository on Fedora (traditional and atomic desktops) (discussion.fedoraproject.org)

submitted 3 days ago by boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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This is a quite complex process, and their documentation is incomplete and different 🥳

So here you go!

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[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Damn, these rpm-ostree distroes are taking off. I mean tbf, having a "cloud native" approach (a two buzzword combo) with system images is kind of great for testing, and it shows people can now actually carve out some systems in a relatively effective manner. Good show!

That is supposing it is rpm-ostree, because ostree can actually rebase to an entire different distribution. There's people getting arch working as an ostree install, and eventually, we'll have gone over to a new dawn, where you don't need to reinstall, just rebase.

Goddamn open source is awesome.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

True. But keep in mind, /etc and /var are mutable. So you can still get bad config files etc.