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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 distro(s) do you use? (lemmy.world)

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What Linux distribution or distributions do you personally use?

I myself am a daily Void user. I used to use Devuan, but wanted to try rolling release and ended up loving Void!

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[–] ScreaminOctopus 1 points 1 year ago

After using Arch for years due to the convenience of the AUR, I took the plunge and switched to NixOS. My company uses it and I thought it would be a good idea to learn as much as I could about it. I've been absolutely loving it, you basically get the stability of debian/rhel while being able to use a package repository bigger than the AUR. It's super easy to configure the system exactly how you want, which has been really useful for hosting game servers on super low powered hardware. It's easy to remove anything you don't need. It also makes configuring your applications really convenient because in most cases you can set up the package configuration in the main system configuration file, which is super helpful for syncing application configurations across systems.