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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Man I dread every time there’s a new kernel update on my Fedora machine. I just feel like something always breaks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Does fedora not have an option to run an LTS kernel or something, like arch does? That might help, unless you really need certain things that are only in the newer kernels.

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

Not very easily. I’ve looked into it and decided it wasn’t worth the trouble. I only use immutable these days. NixOS makes using an LTS kernel really easily, but I could never get my piece of shit printer to work there. Works fine on Fedora.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh that's horrible.

Fedora shills need to be tarred and feathered instead of upvoted.

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

Nah I still love Fedora. Just wish they’d stick to the same kernel version per release. A little more stability could go a long ways.

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