Linux

48047 readers

958 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

349

I'm Not a Programmer, but Here’s Why Linux Is My Daily Driver (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

119 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I don't even know how to write "hello world" in python but I use vanilla Arch XD

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Same here, I work in the arts and can't code a thing, but I use Arch (btw) as my daily driver.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

This goes hard

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly Arch has ... ssh into wifey's laptop ... python installed out of the box.

Run up a console and type python, and hit enter. Type in print ("Hello World") and hit enter. There you go!

If you lack a python: $ yay -S python.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Vanilla arch would be pacman -S python 🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸🥸

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can get yay on arch too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

And I recommend that very much!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It was my first Linux distro after using Microsoft stuff for ages and let me tell you: it was a big mistake. It was absolutely confusing, had to use terminal for so many things with even msdos commands that I forgot that existed, broke it 3 times by just trying to automount the other drivers and a host of other things.

End up switching to Linux mint and the transition went much smoother after that. I'm going back to it eventually though. I actually like it a lot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

EndeavourIS is the Arch for people like you 😉 (and me)