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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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Linux distros recommandations (lemmy.ml)

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Hello, I wanna know which distro could be could for productivity (not gaming). Maybe a debian based one, I don't know and I don't care about the desktop env. Thx!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Mint is my go to desktop option. It usually does the job.

I don't usually worry about older packages. Most things run fine. I don't spend a lot of time trying to make my UI pretty. For me, the GUI is a place for terminals, web browsers, my IDE, and general tools, not some kind of whiz bang thing to tweak all the time.

Debian: good enough and stable. No worries > new features.