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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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[–] TheBaldFox@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

YES! I fucking hate it. I shouldn't have to enter code in order to install a program. I want to go to a website and download the software, click install, and have it actually just work.

I've used mint for several years now but it will never be a primary OS die my household because it's such a hassle to work with.

[–] matt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't - you just open your distros software manager (which is like an app store) and get all your apps that way.

Been like this for several years.

[–] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I keep seeing people mention having to use the terminal to install software, and I wonder what distro they're using and what software they're trying to install.

Most distros use flatpak, so when opening GNOME Software/Discover you can install Discord, Spotify, Web browsers, text editors, Steam, etc all through it. And even Ubuntu which doesn't use flatpak by default, all of those apps are in its Snap store as well. Hell, Ubuntu even has software drivers through a GUI in one central place which is very nice.

I'm on Fedora Kinoite right now which really encourages you to use Flatpaks, and the only software I've installed through the CLI are dev tools which would be disingenuous to say in this situation stops casual Windows users since they are very unlikely to need Rust, Neovim, various C/C++ libs, etc...

[–] jaykstah@waveform.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On many popular distros there are graphical apps preinstalled for that. The distribution maintainers have repositories with common packages to make it so that you can open an app store and install programs from one place rather than going to different websites and downloading installers.

[–] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I'd rather use terminals to install software. Most of the time, it's actually far fewer steps than just clicking through several screen on top of having to find the application installation file you downloaded.