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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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PSA: When people ask you "What distro should I use?", try pointing them here (distrochooser.de)

submitted 1 year ago by JokaJukka@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I found this site a while back - basically it will ask you a bunch of questions on your usage of your PC, and will came out with a list of recommended distros, and a list of reasons why YOU could like or not like it.

https://distrochooser.de/

There are some similar sites to this one, but since I'm not familiar with them, I won't post them. They are simply DuckDuckGo-able though.

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree with the other comments that it isn’t a great tool for complete beginners. There’s a question that mentions systemd. A newbie won’t know what that means.

[–] Zatujit@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

When I see people recommending Devuan or non systemd OS i'm like why? The newbie has no idea what the hell is systemd despite maybe that some people hate it for some reason so it must be bad lol

[–] Resolved3874@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

I've used Linux before albeit that was like a decade ago playing with Ubuntu but I had no idea how to answer that question. I don't want an app store and I don't want to install from the command prompt all the time. I just want to download something from the browser click it and it install it 😂 idk why that isn't even an option to pick since I'm pretty sure that's something you can do with Linux.

Either way I'm currently burning a Linux Mint/cinnamon flash drive to live boot and may dual boot it since I have an extra old SSD laying around.