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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 dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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There. That's out of the way. I recently installed Linux on my main desktop computer and work laptop, overwriting the Windows partition completely. Essentially, I deleted the primary operating system from the two computers I use the most, day in and day out, instead trusting all of my personal and work computing needs to the Open Source community. This has been a growing trend, and I hopped on the bandwagon, but for good reasons. Some of those reasons might pertain to you and convince you to finally make the jump as well. Here's my experience.

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It's no secret that Windows 11 harvests data like a pumpkin farmer in October, and there is no easy way (and sometimes no way at all) to stop it. The operating system itself acts exactly like what was called "spyware" a decade or so ago, pulling every piece of data it can about its current user. This data includes (but is far from limited to) hardware information, specific apps and software used, usage trends, and more. With the advent of AI, Microsoft made headlines with Copilot, an artificial assistant designed to help users by capturing their data with tools like Recall.

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After dealing with these issues and trying to solve them with workarounds, I dual-booted a Linux partition for a few weeks. After a Windows update (that I didn't choose to do) wiped that partition and, consequently, the Linux installation, I decided to go whole-hog: I deleted Windows 11 and used the entire drive for Linux.

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Gotta love Linux newbies talking about their first experiences and they've already tried 3 distros that I have barely on my radar. A few months in, I hardly knew what SystemD was and this guy's already on a distro that explicitly removes it.

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

While I just land a recent Debian stable on my laptop, install cargo for new Rust apps (for things like jujutsu), and Guix package manager (for stuff like kakoune or vis), and call it a day.

Well, after 25 years the pursuit of agressive distro-overoptimization becomes a bit boring. But who am I to criticize what other people spend their free time with?

[–] Emily@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 days ago

I started with Debian and the spiciest thing I've done in almost two years of exclusive Linux usage was changing my desktop environment from Cinnamon to KDE while updating to Debian 13. I haven't seen a need to hop around to other distros, it's nice to search for the few problems and almost always find answers.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 3 days ago

The guy clearly has some previous experience.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Been using Linux for. A year now, srill don't know what it is

I started on Mint and then switched to Kubuntu But just work

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

At its core, SystemD coordinates and launches all the services in your operating system. So, it is essential for the boot process, but also does scheduling, meaning you could run a backup script every night with it, for example.

That's the simple answer. But in truth, SystemD is often criticized for doing too much, so it's hard to describe what it really does. For example, you can also manage network interfaces via SystemD.

Kind of the goal of SystemD is to provide common plumbing which works the same across distros, so that when you configure your services or network interfaces etc. on Ubuntu, it works the same as on openSUSE or Arch or whatever.