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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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What are the silliest reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by lordnikon@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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The best one I've ever heard is they like the Microsoft wallpapers. Yes i told them you can use them on linux too. But they argued with me that they wouldn't be compatible.

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[–] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I need to be able to “RDP” into remote machines

Remmina, do this every day for work from my Debian system.

I also need to be able to setup a Hyper-V equivalent, to run other machines from my main laptop

Virtual box or QEMU + KVM. I use QEMU + KVM, works really well.

And for my media server (Plex), I need to understand the best way to setup a RAID5 or better across multiple drives.

Recommend Jellyfin over Plex but in either case - if you want software RAID then use mdadm, this is how the RAID5 array on my jellyfin server works. Otherwise, there are compatible drivers for some hardware with actual hardware RAID5 arrays you can look up if you have such hardware.

For reference, all my machines whether client or server run either Debian 12 or Debian 13.

[–] mikenurre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks. I've had a lifetime subscription to Plex for more than 10 years and it works well on TVs and such for the few ppl I share it with (they're all luddites). I also.may have mis-typed, I have a hardware RAID 5 off a ?Perc5 controller, but its NTFS and I would want to switch.

[–] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Well you'll be glad to know that NTFS drivers are available these days on Linux!