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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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A big part of learning Linux is screwing up computers and starting over. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by sockpuppetsociety@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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My crippled kernel count is around 6, how about yours?

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[–] sockpuppetsociety@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Funny I did not expect so many people that resist starting over. Next time I'll give fixing stuff a shot :)

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

It is more about being lazy.

In most cases, where you havn't destroyed your filesystem, you can just boot another Linux from a USB stick, mount your filesystems to /mnt, chroot into it, and then investigate and fix there.

See the Archlinux wiki, even if you do not use Archlinux, it is great: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot