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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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Former distrohoppers, where did you settle down? (lemm.ee)

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

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Which one(s) and why?

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

I switched to guix and haven't looked back.

Mostly because:

I like the idea of functional package managers
I like guix's dedication to making every package buildable from source (thus the no non-libre code rule)
I like the expressiveness of scheme vs Nix's package description language

Guix is the smoothest time I've ever built packages for a distro before (well outside arch). Which is good because there's a lot of out of date and unadded packages for potential.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

there's a lot of out of date and unadded packages for potential.

The main reason why I'm running nix over guix. I need it to freshen up Debian packages, and it's giving me even older ones.

The close runner up was horrible prebuilt bin coverage(a year or two ago). I had to separate browsers into a manifest of their own, because Firefox didn't get a prebuilt even days after the update. It's not fun having to leave your browser compiling over night with 100% CPU fans as a lullaby.