average lemmy user@lemm.ee to

Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Looking to switch to Linux in the somewhat distant future

124

Looking to switch to Linux in the somewhat distant future

average lemmy user@lemm.ee to

Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Any distro I should use?

Chat

Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
link
fedilink
arrow-up
1·
11 months ago
Yes. Very yes. the G in GIMP stands for GNU. GIMP ran on Linux before it ran on Windows.

Linux@lemmy.ml

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !linux@lemmy.ml

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

735 users / day
3.81K users / week
7.26K users / month
17.9K users / 6 months
696 local subscribers
48K subscribers
6.27K Posts
152K Comments
Modlog