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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).

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Tell one thing that you miss after switching from another OS to Linux. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me, it's Shared GPU memory.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I miss not having to worry about whether any app or game would be easy to install and work flawlessly.

edit. also printing in general, situation is so dire that I just send whatever I want to print to my phone and print it from there these days.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's funny you bring up printing because my experience has always been better on linux. even at the office i constantly have to resolve issues with the windows and macs but my linux admin station "just works".

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 4 points 1 day ago

Same here. Both of my printers just work on Linux without any bullshit, while on Windows they each require separate software from the manufacturers

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Printing was horrible on Windows, and Mac uses cups too, no? I've only ever had good experiences printing from Linux

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

macOS still uses cups. It's deprecated but still functional. The alternative is to use AirPrint or get fucked.

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

Doesn't AirPrint go through CUPS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 26 minutes ago

Sorry, I misspoke. CUPS itself is not deprecated, only most of its old functionality regarding drivers.

From man cups:

CUPS printer drivers, backends, and PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS