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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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People doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m so happy to be able to end my reliance on Microsoft.

Microsoft is a frequent contributor to core Linux technologies these days. Lennart Poettering to Microsoft has probably been the most prominent move but there are others that work on Azure Linux and WSL who also upstream their work.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What I was trying to say was that I'm happy to be free of Microsoft's ability to just sunset an operating system version that I liked and replace it with an even more privacy-disrespecting, ad and AI-bloated nightmare.

Nobara is at least under my control in a significant way. Windows, like so many other software solutions these days wants to treat me like cattle and I want no part in that.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

What I was trying to say was that I’m happy to be free of Microsoft’s ability to just sunset an operating system version that I liked and replace it

I figure you weren't a Gnome user during the 2.x to 3.x transition times.

Nobara is at least under my control in a significant way.

Yes but also Nobara isn't an LTS distribution. Its versions get sunset way sooner than any major release of Windows.