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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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I need a distro that can work right out the box without too much hassle to configure it, which one would you recommend? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thx in advice.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think you're correct, immutability is great for long-term maintenance and makes everything, especially updating, much easier for new people.

Non-immutable distros will often have conflicts, or when a dist upgrade happens, issues occur, immutable distros largely sidestep those issues, and I believe kinoite is the simplest, most reliable option for someone unfamiliar with performing these upgrades.

The moment there's a dependency issue or conflict, they will have problems.

Fedora is not a flavor of the month project, it has just as much history as mint/ubuntu, and there's a reason they're shifting to atomic. Furthermore wayland is better for the vast majority of people right now, imagine you bother to switch to the linux desktop and then in a few months everything completely changes because wayland happened, it'll look like linux is absolutely insane from the perspective of someone who hasn't immersed themselves into the nature of this transition.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wayland is not better for the majority of people. There is no way you can argue its less buggy than x11.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It's less buggy for me, for sure.

I think there's a reason plasma decided to switch to it by default, do you have any evidence that it's more buggy?