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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You will go back to your "usual" linux setup when you realize that most packages you set up with LFS are now broken and you'll need to redo the whole process again.

t. arch linux minimal installation only master race

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Gentoo is the only way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I agree, AUR and pacman (syntax) suck. Apart from that Arch is one of the best.

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

Of you still like some manual dependency control. Slackware is your friend 😁

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Slackware taught me appreciation for apt/yum dependency resolution.

It was a great learning experience, but I doubt I'd ever go back