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this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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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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Honestly, Linux is Linux. Once you're comfortable enough, that's really all that differentiates distros between each other. (Minus weird shit like glibc vs musl, nixOS, etc) It's just been the closest experience I've had to "it just works" when it comes to Linux desktop.
I should also shout out that Fedora tends to embrace existing standards rather than make their own (cough Cannonical cough Snap). I'm also a big fan of some Fedora projects, particularly Fedora Silverblue