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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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I was having no end of troubles when installing Linux on my machine recently.
The hardware was too new. I’d gone with the latest LTS of Ubuntu, and it didn’t really jive with my stuff. 23:04 works like a charm though.
Installing windows on an nvme drive was a pain in the ass for me fairly recently.
Not as uncommon as you would think. What normally do then is use the 6 month releases until the next LTS