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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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Will I survive the Linux CLI if I only switch because I'm a student and Arch distro speed? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by CarlLandry357@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm not a computer expert or planning to be. I'm just a computer user, a coder, a gamer, and I think I will get the opportunity to afford cheaper PCs if I use the Arch distro from Linux which is very lightweight and fast. I've heard Microsoft forces you to bloat your PC with win11.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

My son had a netbook with win10 and office. This ate 27 of the 32 GB the thing had. An "important update" of 8 GB did not work, putting the device in a download and fail cycle.

I installed Linux on this machine - Kubuntu, with LibreOffice and a load of extra software. Took only about 4 GB of space.

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I have an old netbook that ran win10 poorly. I have since put Debian on it and it's been great.

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