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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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Migrating away from Fedora, looking for advice. (sh.itjust.works)

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I’m in the market to find a new distro that is similar enough to Fedora that switching won’t be as laborious as I’ve had it before. I keep hearing POP!_os is a good choice but I’m going to as the community what they think is good.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Consider PCLinuxOS. 'PLOS' has the same look and feel of the ent Linuxes, but

as a child of mageia/mandriva from mandrake and conectiva, it's derivation from RH is super long ago so it's closer to rhel5 for well-built well-tested tools.
it has maaaaassive lib/app support range, like Axel Rose's vocal range compared to EL's Bruce Springsteen. No stream or other crap shenanigans aside from etc/alternatives.
No systemd. Weird how startups are fast and reliable

It can yum cron like a badass.

Caveats:

if you liked building vagrants on mageia, you need to help them on pclos. They have no clue there, and the skillet seems to be fading fast.
people who support sysv startup are getting more lazy and ditching it.
people who support last week's version of anything are no more prevalent in pclos, so there's no magical fix for "10 second tom" devs here either.