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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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Choosing a Linux distro to stay (feddit.org)

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Hello everyone, I need help to decide on a Linux Distribution to settle and finally stop distro hopping. I have quite some experience with Linux(1year Mint, a quarter year Arch, nixos, debian, manjaro, fedora, suse tumbleweed and kalpa...)I have been experimenting for now almost 3 years. Now I finally want to setlle but I just don't know where. I like Nix's shell but don't like installing everything in five steps(with git because my brain can stand neither the dirty tree warning nor leaving out on the git push) and I don't need the reproducibility. I like rolling so I don't need to reinstall or do any major update, but even more appealing is low maintenance and stability in the sense of nothing unexpectedly breaking. I'll use the computer as an daily driver mostly for programming & 3d design, university related work, streaming and also some gaming. Thank you for your answers. #linux #distrohopping. EDIT: I don't want to have a company behind my distribution. And my specs: Nvidia RTX 4070, Amd Radeon 7 7840HS, 16GB of RAM

Conclusion: Thanks a lot for all of that feedback, I decided to go for Debian 13 Stable and might check out MX once.

The final conclusion :P: I will now install LMDE and either try to install KDE Plasma or just stick with Cinnamon. Its not as uncustomizable after all. And the flashbacks I got during the installation from me first stepping into Linux... ...definetly the rabbit hole I should have fallen into, even though I can now never live a normal life again :/.

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[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I disagree. As someone who is running both Debian-Testing and ubuntu-Mint, there is a difference between the two, especially in support of some hardware and some pre-configurations that come handy in some "difficult" machines. Ubuntu has special workarounds for a lot of things, you see. Debian does not. Debian doesn't even boot on my DELL Xeon workstation, for example. Ubuntu does. And that's my main issue with LMDE, being based on Debian. Also, LMDE doesn't have the nvidia driver panel, to make it easier for people with nvidias. If Debian was to create these workarounds for various machines, then sure, why not. LMDE would be just fine.