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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).

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Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pop!_OS was also the first distro I tried and I had a lot of problems with it, I dunno why people keep recommending it.

I've been fulltime on EndeavourOS for over a month no with no issues, but I also don't have any peripherals that require software to work correctly which makes me a rare case these days.

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

I tried Endeavor for a bit before switching to Mint. May have just my me being to new to be jumping into Endeavor but I struggled and switch to mint within a couple days. was a beautiful distro though. Will probably jump back at some point since I'm running Linux on a spare PC right next to my main windows PC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll give EndeavourOS a try then. Thanks.

I tried Pop as it seemed highly recommended.

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

Mint and ubuntu are solid places to start linux. You can run them all pretty easy in a virtual machine btw, windows will even auto install ubuntu with the hyper v program. https://imgur.com/a/CFCSUvh Uncheck the secure boot for iso.

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

This may be a bit counterintuitive, but I tried Mint and it was ugly and also 21 => 21.1 upgrade tool botched my drive mounting points.

Fedora was absolutely smooth af and Debian has been absolutely lovely too.

In case either of those seem more up your alley.