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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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Arch Linux, made immutable, declarative and atomic: blendOS v4 released (blendos.co)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Please, don't listen to this kind of nonsense and keep using whatever you're happy with.

While I personally don't love Ubuntu, it is a perfectly fine choice and if you're comfortable with it that's just great! Period.

So, congratulations for making this choice and don't hesitate to ask if you have questions. You'll find that the Linux community has much more to give than "you shouldn't use X, use Y because I say so". Just ignore this.

Keep it up, enjoy the ride and welcome!