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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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This is why people should stop recommending Arch. Fedora or Opensuse TW should be recommended instead for new people. (www.youtube.com)

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[–] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Just switched to fedora after 4 years of archi. LUKS broke, the h264/h265 aren't there, and it has redhat's repo of flatpak selectioned by default rather than flathub. But hey, at least printers work OOTB!

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'd disagree with that, mostly.

The media codecs is bloody annoying, yes. Sure it's only a command or two, but it really should just be a tickbox in the installer like it is on, say, Ubuntu. So big agreement there.

As for the Flatpak repo, Fedora switched to Flathub as the default a while ago. IIRC it only doesn't if you choose to have no non-foss software during the installation (in which case of course you'd expect to not get full Flathub access!)

I think Fedora is an overall pretty great distro for beginners aside from their media codecs bone-headedness and their god-awful installer (which is getting replaced).

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

...and the installer is garbage.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And slow repo sync but it's not that important

[–] Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Both getting fixed with Fedora 41 luckily, DNF5 by default and a new installer they’ve been working on

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago

Good but other issues will remain and Fedora was never meant to be a noob-friendly distro in the first place.