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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).

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2026 is the year of the Linux desktop (lemmy.world)

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

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For me, at least. Finally moved my desktop off Windows 10 and on to CachyOS. Things just.. work. Finding applications to install via AUR is easy, gaming is great. The only thing I'm missing is Fusion360 but I didn't use it too much to begin with. Happy to be Microsoft-free. Several friends have switched off of Windows as well which is great to see. I've really been enjoying Arch (btw) I have CachyOS on my laptop and also in a VM which is nice to have the same desktop experience on all my devices. Looking forward to the road ahead!

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[–] DefinitelyNotBirds@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The AUR really does make Arch-based distros feel complete compared to other options. That massive package ecosystem covers most needs without hunting around random websites, though occasional build failures still happen. Have you tried any of the AUR helpers to manage updates and orphan packages?

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Just gonna leave this here

have you heard of our lord and savior nixos

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Nix what the...

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If you use nixos, you basically have to know/learn/use day-to-day the nix language.

nixpkgs are written using nix the language, using concepts mostly familiar from just using nixos.

Basically everyone using nixos is capable of contributing packages.

[–] bradboimler@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Yep. NixOS inspired me to write my very first package manager package. I distro hopped to Arch Linux and wrote a PKGBUILD for that.

I'm back on NixOS

[–] OUwUO@programming.dev 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That's pretty cool! Where did you find it?

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 2 points 18 hours ago

Ah, sorry. https://repology.org/repositories/graphs

[–] ReducedArc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been using yay and cachy-update, which seem to handle basic package management well for me so far. Do you have a favorite?

[–] excel@lemming.megumin.org 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Cachy uses paru by default

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

OctoPi is included by default for a GUI app, iirc.