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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 have 200 GB of unused space in the windows partition, I'll just plug a live CD, divide that partition and merge it with the Linux one, ggez"
Yes, dividing the windows partition destroyed it. Yes, mixing the windows and ext destroyed Linux. I might have been able to recover something but I was like 18 and I just reinstalled windows in a fit of misdirected anger against Linux.
Don't do that. Best option is to run windows in a VM. Second best option is to shrink windows in windows and the boot to a live system to grow linux
No shit, now I daily drive Linux and I just have two separate drives for each, with some extra drives for games and files and such. That was 10-ish years ago.