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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 Linux distro surprised you the most? (slrpnk.net)

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During the first impressions of said distro, what feature surprised you the most?

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

I come from Debian stable so...

I'm currently ending the Guix manual. I want to add freetube and N64recompiled packages. Didn't know it's difficult to get patches or packages update to mainstream.

It's a bit funny that the records that Guix uses are not the baseline records of the Guile api but modified ones. And the documentation in some low-level regards is scarce.

But using Guix opens up endless options and more importantly it helps you manage and learn how to setup operating systems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the best resource in Guix is searching the irc logs or reaching out to their irc directly. The manual only gets you so far