this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
6 points (100.0% liked)

Linux

47237 readers
3343 users here now

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

Related Communities

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

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there even a Debian based distro that is up to date like Fedora, does not have snaps and does not have "Unstable" in its name?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

consider PCLinuxOS for a mageia (mandriva, conectiva and mandrake, both branches from RedHat pre-Enterprise Linux) descendant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Siduction. It is rolling release though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just checked their website and it seems like they're using debian sid packages. What's the difference between using siduction and plain debian sid, besides having a preconfigured desktop?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I never used siduction, im juat aware of its existence. I think they add some stability(=reliability) on top of sid and also keep updating packages during sid's freezes. Dont quote me on this.