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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 distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"? (feddit.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by case_when@feddit.uk to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[–] neonred@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The great thing about Debian is; it has a gear-shifter.

Whether stable or sid, it's still debian but you can go from "rock solid, reliable" to "most recent with several updates per day" in the same ecosystem and just by changing the repositories, apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, done.