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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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I'm Not a Programmer, but Here’s Why Linux Is My Daily Driver (www.howtogeek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Linux, on the other hand, can easily boot up on a 10-year-old laptop with just 2GB of RAM, and work fine.

I'm not sure a modern day browser would be just fine with "only" 2GiB, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Im using a 4gb laptop with Xfce, and its definitely struggling sometimes. Even though it's usable, I doubt 2gb would be enough

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I used to have only 4GB in my old Linux HTPC, didn't take much for it to choke when using the browser. Upgraded to 16GB and no issues since

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