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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 makes you not want to use Linux anymore and maybe move back to Windows, MacOS, or TempleOS? (endlesstalk.org)

submitted 1 year ago by ani@endlesstalk.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm having weird issues with my Wifi where it will just suddenly stop working (Plasma will show "no available connections") and I have to hard reset the machine because Linux won't shut down otherwise. It's not a hardware issue since it doesn't happen on Windows.

[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Huh weird, I had the exact same issue on Windows and I solved it by switching to Linux. It was triggered by using too much bandwidth on local network so transferring stuff between my fileserver was impossible.

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It almost sounds like when I tried a wifi dongle on my mother's desktop. I found out it was deprecated thanks to the manufacturer dropping support for Linux drivers. It worked fine on windows though.

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried troubleshooting the issue?

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

Will need to. The issue is that it happens at random and I haven't found the actual cause yet. I am using macOS for a project right now though, so that's kept me busy too.

[–] hottari@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Have you thought of doing a clean install or at least trying a different distro?