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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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People doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

mesa is outdated by default, not supporting rx 7000 cards unless you use the edge iso.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you have new hardware, why wouldn't you use the Edge ISO?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

why should you have to? it's a really bad choice by the distro maintainers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

It's a bad choice to have choice?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can you explain? As a Mint user with really old hardware, I appreciate using the LTS kernel. However, I also appreciate them giving users other options.

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

there is no benefit to old lts kernels on the desktop, kernel releases are always extremely stable