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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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What is your preferred daily driver distribution? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by bbsm3678@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Considering switching away from Fedora and to another distribution. Does anyone have any suggestions for distributions I should consider?

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[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Arch Linux

Reasons:

Pacman
the AUR
community driven
bleeding edge
pragmatic stance regarding closed source software
sane defaults
minimalism, build your own without too much compiling
the wiki

[–] transistor@lemdro.id 0 points 2 years ago

I'm using debian.

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

I recommend openSUSE Tumbleweed without hesitation.

[–] Finkler@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Debian only household here ..

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Mint, because it works with a minimum of effort.
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, because it's more up to date than Mint, it's a rolling distro, it works, and in the rare event of a problem it's easy to roll back to a snapshot.