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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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[–] BlueDragon28 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have tested a lots of distributions over the years including Ubuntu, Arch Linux and Gentoo. Nowadays I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on my desktop and Ubuntu server on a VPS.

So far, OpenSUSE is the distributions I got the best time with. It's easy to install and configure. All my programming tools are there. There is some down side however, there is no proprietary codecs in the official repo but it can easily be fix by using the Packman repo.

I sometime do miss Gentoo and it's wonderful customization possibility. But what prevent me from goings back is the 6/7 hours of compilation every 3 weeks. This huge time of compilation is primarily due to the large amount of software I need.

Although I use Ubuntu server for stability, I don't realy like it as a daily driver. It's maybe juste préjugés but it feel souls less to me.