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Some basic questions about Linux
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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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Great explanation. Quick follow up question.
One thing I necessarily will want to install is Proton VPN*. Per their website,
This makes it sound like it will only work on gnome DE and implies it won't work on Ubuntu with KDE (for example)
*ok, so I'm also aware that you can use Proton VPN through open vpn somehow but for the purposes of my understanding of distribution vs DE, let's just ignore that for now.
Basically, what the protonvpn page is saying, is that they only test the app on Ubuntu gnome, itll work on basically anything else, they just wont help you if it doesnt
I have Proton VPN running on two different machines running Ubuntu-based distros with KDE and Cinnamon, respectively. Works fine :)
The official Proton client or Open VPN with Proton credentials?
Former.
Maybe if you use Proton VPN on KDE it could need to pull in some Gnome packages. Which isn’t a problem. I use Proton VPN on KDE but I just install it from flathub to keep it simple, so I couldn’t say for sure.