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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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What are the silliest reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by lordnikon@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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The best one I've ever heard is they like the Microsoft wallpapers. Yes i told them you can use them on linux too. But they argued with me that they wouldn't be compatible.

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People like to recommend immutable distros like bazzite because in theory they're much harder to break, but in reality they are a niche community and are nowhere ready for primetime for casual users

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

can confirm. I can understand how to make things work as I need it to in Linux, but I figured I'd try bazzote because people were saying how great it is. knowing how to manipulate Linux how I want, and using bazzite because very annoying because of the restrictions which I didn't read about before hand. I wasn't blaming Linux as a whole, just bazzitr specifically for trying to protect me. essentially they let me break it, but wouldn't let me fix it.