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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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Looking for a distro to hop to (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Wanted to know if there's such a thing as Debian based distro but make it Rolling release, is that something already in existence or will I have to just tinker a lot within Debian?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fedora is stable enough (never have any crash with Fedora for 5 years, as long as I remember on Thinkpad), and it's bleeding edge, most of software that's just published, will be available in most fedora repo less than 1 day, as I remember. If it's not rolling release, then what is it? Or the term of rolling release is different?

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

Fedora has quick updates, but big changes like gcc or gnome version upgrades, default desktop layout and included software, changes to the package manager, etc. all happen on numbered version releases. They're on Fedora 38 now. Rolling release distros don't have numbered releases, they just make changes whenever they're ready and the "releases" are usually more or less arbitrary snapshots. If you go to the Arch download page, you'd see that the current release is just the date the snapshot was made.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, I see... soo the ~~terms is different~~, my understanding is wrong then. Thank you for the correction and enlightenment.