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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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[–] 7ai 1 points 1 year ago

The whole os and all settings will be in one config file. So you can replicate your os in a different machine easily.

When you change the config and rebuild the system, a new generation is created. You can easily rollback to previous generations if you mess up. So it pretty much never breaks.

Nixos also has the largest and most updated package repository. It also has features that are very handy for programming like reproducible shell environments etc.

Of course this is just scratching the surface. The learning curve is insane. If you are a functional programmer. Nixos will suit really good.