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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 would an ENSH*TTIFIED Linux distro look like? [video] (tilvids.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Same. I started really using Linux with Ubuntu 6.06 and was drawn in by its "Linux for human beings" goals - the Ubuntu homepage of the era really pushed the ideals of community and openness. Canonical sat in the background paying to send you free CDs in the mail. It was such an idealistic thing back then.

And then it all changed around 2010. The color scheme shifted to a shitty MacOS lookalike, the human elements were dropped, the logo was reworked, it got bundled with a paid music store, then Amazon ads in the search, and it's been a roller coaster on a downward spiral ever since. I switched to Debian not long after the initial enshittification in the early 2010s and have not looked back, though I moved most of my systems to Arch a few years back because I like life in the fast rolling release lane and Debian wouldn't support my new GPUs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Hey! Sorry for the offtopic comment but... Glad you made it to Lemmy, and from the bottom of my heart: thank you so much for OpenRGB.

Awesome collab with KDE, Tuxedo, looking forward to the kernel implementation !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Huh? Is the previous poster an OpenRGB developer? That's cool!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

He's the lead dev, his profile pic is the OpenRGB logo and his nickname is the same across social networks.