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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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Surface Laptop 3 running Kubuntu, such an improvement over what it was "designed" for. (lemmy.world)

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

To add another comment to your reply, have you tried it personally?

I'd like to back up my system before doing the switch. What do you recommend I use? Clonezilla with an external USB drive all plugged in using a USB hub?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I haven't tried the Surface images due to not having one, but I am using their Silverblue images to make the whole NVIDIA drivers thing a bit easier on my system.

Also I haven't needed to backup my system in over a year now (I stopped hopping with Silverblue) so I don't remember the solution I used, but this seems good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

From your live stick, bevor install, do

# cp /dev/your-disk /your/image.img

or to save space:

# gzip < /dev/your-disk > /your/image.img.gz

or faster but might need to install it first:

# lz4 /dev/your-disk /your/image.img.lz4

To get a list of your disks, there's lsblk.

I recommend partition-wise backup, it's always a bother to extract/shrink individual partitions in images of whole disks. That would be /dev/your-disk1 etc