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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).

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Canonical Releases Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin | Canonical (canonical.com)

submitted 1 day ago by that_leaflet@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Snap there still? If so, not even looking at it. Fedora and Debian I am thoroughly enjoying.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 40 minutes ago

The push towards Snap appears to be more optional now

[–] eltheanine@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Yup I run LMDE on Desktop (or "LMAE" Arch) and Debian on servers since they made it annoying to rip out snaps. I'm not interested in making a distro something it is not, so just use something else.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

What a jabroni.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ll be excited again when they give up on Snaps.

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Snaps promise to do some really cool things. They just are a bitch to use and they are slow and tied too heavily to canonical.

Weren’t use supposed to be able to snap in and out a kernel by now? Like, not even needing a reboot?

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The kennel is a snap in Ubuntu Core, but you still need to reboot. I don’t think there’s a nice way to work around that.

[–] HappinessPill@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Canonical sure know how to name them.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ooh, I really like this wallpaper!

[–] Pirata@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Word. Unfortunately I cannot like Ubuntu for all of canonicals decisions, but there's no doubt they have designed the most iconic Linux DE there is.

So much so that if someone who doesn't use Linux thinks of Linux, they imagine Ubuntu.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

I still miss unity sometimes. The unified menu and the HUD/dash design, so well thought out

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

I haven’t been a Ubuntu guy in a long time, but Canonical consistently designs the best wallpapers for their releases.