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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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New to Linux? Ubuntu Isn’t Your Only Option (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ubuntu's popularity often makes it the default choice for new Linux users. But there are tons of other Linux operating systems that deserve your attention. As such, I've highlighted some Ubuntu alternatives so you can choose based on your needs and requirements—because conformity is boring.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (6 children)

No one ever recommends OpenSuse....

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am kind of afraid of the corporate influence on OpenSUSE. Same for the relationship between Ubuntu and Canonical

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It also makes it more resilient in the face of hard times. Point to be noted

[–] atzanteol 10 points 9 months ago

Correct.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It is problematic in my experience. I think it comes down to Suse as a company lacking direction

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah exactly this. Not only lacking direction but the Upstream SUSE recently decided to move away from traditional desktop. Instead, they now offer ALP, which stands for adoptable linux platform. So OpenSuse has no real dekstop products to build of, and the community has to do much more work in order to produce a stable desktop distribution. I was a happy user for a almost 2 years, but in that time the community had discussion about many "small" things, many of which were about "principles". This made ne very uncomfortable in using it, since it felt that every moment the "community" would decide something that would significantly change everything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

openSuSE is cool. It was the first distro I installed way back around 2010 and still the one I would recommend to new people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It is not bad, but slow after Arch.