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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 distro(s) do you use? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by owatnext@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What Linux distribution or distributions do you personally use?

I myself am a daily Void user. I used to use Devuan, but wanted to try rolling release and ended up loving Void!

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[–] unix_joe@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I started in FreeBSD for a decade, and then went to Arch Linux for a couple of years.

I went to OpenBSD for another decade, and then I suddenly needed Linux for specific software, and chose openSUSE Tumbleweed based on technical merit.

I ended up ditching Tumbleweed earlier this year, and now I run Debian bookworm.