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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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Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I thought I'll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance!

I'll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The other reply here mentioned Arch and a "more user friendly" flavor called Manjaro, but Manjaro isn't quite Arch.

I would suggest if you want to try the challenge of Arch without the terminal-only install, give EndeavourOS a look! Their community is exceptionally friendly and helpful, and you get a lot of the benefits of "pure Arch" with an indtaller and usability features. :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have had problems even just using Kubuntu and certain libraries not working because of the QT dependency version from KDE. Then I wasn't able to update QT because KDE didn't support the newer version. I quickly gave up on trying to solve dependency hell and went back to stock Ubuntu. Am now traumatized for life of using other distros.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Aw that's such a bummer! I don't have a ton of experience here but currently I'm running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and something it does is say "This dependency can't be satisfied, what do you want to do?"

You can usually "keep obsolete", "remove the thing", "ignore this and risk breaking it".

If I keep hitting "keep obsolete" and it just goes in circles, I wait a few weeks and usually everything has been pushed by then. :)

I wonder if this mismatch could be from the 'buntu distros holding back certain packages differently from KDE's schedule... I sadly don't know enough to comment. 😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yes Ubuntu is definitely slower in the update cycle. But virtually everyone in the programming world seems to use it and wikis almost always get based on an Ubuntu LTS version.

As a random example take ROS2

Even when a new version such as 24.04 comes it usually takes almost six months for people to start migrating and libraries to become well supported on it.