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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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I maked a maymay. I mint fan. (lemmy.world)

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[–] CosmoSaucer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

I'm seeing a lot of advocacy for Mint on Lemmy but not as much for Fedora it seems?

I've only ever run one Linux distro and that was Fedora KDE Plasma, havent tried Mint yet. Are they not mostly the same or am I missing something?

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 8 points 6 hours ago

You're not. If you're happy with what you've got, don't worry about it. Or join the great Linux tradition of distro hopping. But Mint gets a lot of praise for noobs, but much like Ubuntu there are much better distros out there. It just has name recognition at this point.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

Mint is the best distro for people who need you to tell them the distro.

I use Mint on my Laptop but once Windows is done for I'm switching to:

Fedora, OpenSUSE, Secureblue, or something with KDE Plasma (security, stability, and ease of use priority)
Bazzite (for games, and dual-booted into to protect the security of my daily driver)
OpenBSD or something (so if something like Crowdstrike or Wannacry happens but for Linux, I have an alt)

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

I've never understood the fedora hype. The fact that it is adjacent to Redhat should be enough for people to want to stay away lol.

[–] UsoSaito@feddit.uk 5 points 9 hours ago

It's easier to install/use. It was my first distro before I switched to CachyOS for my latest build.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Apt is a massive and reliable package manager. Im not very surprised. However I am surprised no one is specifying LMDE