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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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Looking to make the switch (lemmy.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone, looking to make the switch from windows. I'm reasonably technically apt but not a programmer by any means. I've been doing some homework on which distro I would like to use and pop_os kinda feels like the right direction. I'm running an Nvidia 3060TI on a Ryzen 5600 chip set on an Asus tuf motherboard. Any other distros I should be looking at, and does somebody have a link for a comprehensive guide to installing? I'm looking to continue running windows on the side until such a time as I am comfortable enough with linux that I don't need it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've had serious trouble with pop and usb devices waking up from sleep. Tried for weeks. Also had trouble with many flatpacks. Most help pages and tutorials were outdated or plain wrong, too.

Changed to arch eventually. Never regretted it. Mostly coding and gaming. Eventually deleted windows, because, well, everything just worked. I must have reinstalled pop like eight times. Am still sporting the first arch installation. Well. EndeavourOS, really.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

There are few comments more useless than "I had some random error on unknown hardware with distro X".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does endeavoros automatically generate BTRFS snapshots before every update? If not, do not use Arch.

A broken system sucks. Use Fedora or Opensuse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had to look that up. Never became an issue for me on any distro. How do you get a broken system when updating? Does it really happen that often? I might just have been lucky.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It happens sometimes. Same as with security, you dont realize it until you would have needed it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I back up my homedir and data with regular tools. I am trying to come up with a reason why my whole system might need one. 95% of that is basically the standard stuff.

I guess I believe that backups and file systems should be separate things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If an Update breaks stuff you can go back