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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 are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it's the package manager.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

            
              tab completion in bash
vim
zfs
git (though it didn't exist then)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't use ZFS. Too risky. If a new kernel comes along and ZFS fails to build or something, my system will be unbootable.

Btrfs scratches my copy-on-write/checksum/integrated RAID itch well enough anyway.

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

Nix and ubuntu have in kernel support. Void's module build system also prevents this situation. I use nix and void, so have never faced this problem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

a real og

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

I've been fuckin with btrfs so far haven't tried zfs yet. Anything cool compared to btrfs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I gave up on btrfs when Icouldn't recover from a full disk situation (years ago, may be better nwo). But zfs tooling is so good, reliable and intuitive, I'd not want to switch anyway.

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

In contrast to btrfs it doesn't break your data. Everyone learns the hard way not to use btrfs...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Not breaking your data, that is a pretty cool feature

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

Btrfs was the best filesystem I had used up until it corrupted my data.