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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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Have you ever been disappointed with Linux? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Personally I haven't. While Linux is imperfect, choosing the right distro makes the rest of the experience straightforward. And with it's whole complexity, I find Linux more user friendly than Windows. Even driver issues, broken shadow file ownership and KDE specifics only made me more confident about my choice to use Linux after I solved everything.

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[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ugh. No. I still don't know how to just boot this backup. When I try it in an older laptop, the keyboard and trackpad stop working once I log in. I presume this is a hardware driver problem. Presumably that's unavoidable.

I am, of course, not eager to screw up the BIOS settings on my daily laptop.

I couldn't figure out how to boot the cloned drive in a VirtualBox VM. The tutorials seem to assume that I have a virtual disk image or enough internal hard disk space to copy the cloned drive locally in order to run it locally. That defeats the purpose.

So I'm stuck. If I can't just boot to the USB external drive because of UUID clashes, then I don't know what I'm supposed to have gained by cloning my laptop's internal hard disk. I have a backup that I can't safely boot to. 🤷