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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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I'm so frustrated rn. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have been distro hopping for about 2 weeks now, there's always something that doesn't work. I thought I would stick with Debian and now I haven't been able to make my printer work in it, I think I tried in another distro and it just worked out of the box, but there's always something that's broken in every distro.

I'm sorry I'm just venting, do you people think Ubuntu will work for me? I think I will try it next.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I've been using Linux for 10y and never distro-hopped to solve a problem. Overall I've only used 3 distros as daily drivers. IMO you should look into making things work with a distro you like instead of looking for the perfect off the shelf distro.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah you're probably right, which distro do you use?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

kubuntu and endeavouros

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I second EndeavourOS. Nothing beats the arch wiki and arch user repository, and combining that with the easy and sane install of EndeavourOS makes it an almost perfect distro.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

I’m not sure OP sounds like someone who into reading Arch News, learning about pacnew/pacsave, etc. that’s more for hobbyists. An ubuntu flavor or something like Zorin might be better for them and then stick with it and solve any problem that may show up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

To build off of the above poster, some things sometimes take some tweaking to make work. When you distro hop you're really just hopping to a different set of defaults and maybe a few relevant library differences. Learning what to do and how to do it can be daunting but when you get it its brilliant and then you have some idea what you need to do the next time you encounter a similar issue

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

what is your usecase?