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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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A big part of learning Linux is screwing up computers and starting over. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by sockpuppetsociety@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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My crippled kernel count is around 6, how about yours?

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[–] FelixMortane@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I am very happy I am doing this on a ProxMox machine. So fast to flip them up again

[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

Nearly always it's been during the live USB install of a dual-boot that a distro messes with the grub or installed grub to the USB disk itself. The fault lies with me because I'm almost blindly trusting the distro, but also with the distro for lacking proper yet succinct documentation during the install or configuration of partitions.

[–] Kng@feddit.rocks 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just did a fresh install after attempting to migrate from a proxmox VM to baremetal (turns out my mobo only supports UEFI and after spending an hr trying to convert I just gave up and reinstalled)

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I just spent 11 days not using my PC. Your sweating after an hour 😂 I was thinking about what laptop I'm gonna buy to replace this broken desktop.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (6 children)

.... So what should I try Linux again?

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

I've been running different versions of Linux since 2011. My crippled kernel count is still zero to this day.

And that's even after stripping it of the drivers I'll never need, stripping it of the languages I'll never need, and even rerouting all temporary files, internet cache, and even core OS log files to tmpfs and ramfs.

Yeah, try troubleshooting an OS with no log files after reboot. Yeah, I can do that, hella performance boost!

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