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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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which linux distro do you NOT like, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ubuntu.It' went from a great beginner distro to a dumpster fire filled with snaps and telemetry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Serious question: what do you not like about snaps? I find the isolation and dependency desolation to be pretty great.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Snap is vendor lock in. They don’t work on many distros, tooling pushes their platform, and they control the only store.

For desktop apps Flatpak is just technically better anyway so what’s the point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Snap is the reason I started looking for something else. Flatpak is the reason I went Fedora. It's been great.