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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] 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

My wifi card on my old laptop worked just fine, until I looked at the log files. 60GB of PCIe errors with a severity of "corrected". pci=noaer in grub fixed it right up!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Reminds me of how my SSDs (both literally brand new) kept spitting out error messages in smartctl. As it turned out, this was a smartctl bug and I was able to install the Debian backports version to get a version with the fix.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I rely on my GrapheneOS phone like all the time.

Usb tethering is nearly as good as having a working wifi card!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

You might still have bluetooth to fix...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

glares at broadcom