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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's the most obscure distro you can think of (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (5 children)

elive

you think a distribution that automatically includes all the proprietary stuff that we use baked into the distro would be more popular since it makes linux ready to go for most people; but it still gets fewer than 300 clicks per month.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

automatically includes all the proprietary stuff

Jail.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

They've been able to figure it out so far

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Doesn't Pop!OS do that already?

[–] fartsparkles 4 points 3 days ago

And Ubuntu, no? Wasn’t that the big selling point of Ubuntu back in the day?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yes, as far as they're allowed to in this country

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

I feel like the Enlightenment desktop environment isn't to everyone's taste. It's definitely got some idiosyncratic design choices...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Its unpopularity may be related to that it asks money or a positive review in a blog to even try. Used to be so a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

i wasn't aware that it had changed like that; i stopped using it when i switch to linux laptops from linux companies like tuxedo and system76

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

First I'm hearing of it. I'ma try it out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

It made me lazy since they got everything to work out of the box. Lol