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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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ZorinOS? (zorin.com)

submitted 1 year ago by whzfux@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Didn't try yet but might be a good way for ppl changing from windows to Linux - what do you think about?

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I tried it, looking for something for my wife's 12 yearold laptop, and really liked how clean it looks and that you have 4 easy click ways to alter the desktop workflow. They are also working on Grid? as a deploy and update system for businesses wanting to manage multiple machines centrally. The only reason I didn't keep it was the machine it was intended for will not boot a deb based OS. It throws a hardware bug that deb based distros don't work around during install or reboot. So ended up with NixOS on that machine. Which has been awesome too.