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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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Thunderbird goes from DEB to snap in Ubuntu 24.04 (www.linuxadictos.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

like Debian Stable has packages from this century

You can set up Debian 12 to use Flatpak. I use it and it works well.

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

Yes, you can sideload apps from this century into Debian and run them in an isolated environment with dependencies also from this century :)

Tbh I'm surprised that the Debian kernel is new enough to support cgroups /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Hey now, I'm an Arch user but Debian stable was protected from the XZ backdoor due to the release delay.