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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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whats so good about arch compared to linux mint? (lemmy.ml)

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new to this linux stuff sorry

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Inertia. I installed it a few years ago, and I kind of want to move to openSUSE or Fedora, but I'm too comfortable here.

Everytime I see something about nixos

You need to configure everything. That includes the security stuff like AppArmor and SELinux you don't understand.

Are those really important thing I should have configured? The only safety thing I have is LUKS encription.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I also wonder about Nix and Guix. But I never seriously consider Gentoo.

Are those really important thing I should have configured? The only safety thing I have is LUKS encription.

Ubuntu configures AppArmor by default, Fedora sets up SELinux, openSUSE also sets up SELinux to some extent—most major distributions except Arch do it, because you're installing it yourself. I recommend looking into it. AppArmor and SELinux are essentially about preventing privilege escalation. Here's a good place to start: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Apparmor

SELinux is an absolute pain to understand and setup, so it's good that Fedora does it.