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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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Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ever had a question about Linux but felt too afraid to ask? Well now's your chance, ask any question about Linux, no matter how noob or repeated it is, and I and others will help answer them.

Previous noob question thread: https://lemmy.ml/post/14261893

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You should try NixOS, it's pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Don't listen to this guy, use GNU Guix.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Real Linux users only use Hannah Montana linux. 😎

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

That's old and unmaintained.
You should switch to RebeccaBlackOS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe. I'm busy right now.

I might do it later. Maybe I'll do it on

🎵 FRIDAY FRIDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY 🎵

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Real talk, I want to try Guix but I have not successfully installed it on any hardware, including VMs. This includes with nonguix for proprietary drivers and stuff. I can never get past install, it always just craps out on some substitution thing. Am I just stupid?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

So what happens, does it just not boot? Any error messages?

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

Tried, but it didn't support my disk encryption, LUKS2. I intended to stick Guix in a BTRFS subvolume, but didn't succeed.