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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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Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August (gs.statcounter.com)

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Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.

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[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm in the same boat. I'd like to leave Windows but since installing POP!_OS I've had issues with ending up with two versions of Firefox installed (yes snap and yes I've fixed that now). My Yubikey can't be detected until I found a post by another user with a fix. I am still yet to find a way to get VRR working.

There's no doubt that a lot of issues are user related but honestly I don't have this much trouble with Windows. This isn't the first time I've tried Linux and each and every time I find issues that I normally just give up on and revert back to Windows. I am trying though, I even purchased a second SSD dedicated for Linux.

I gotta say though Valve's proton software is amazing and without it I probably wouldn't be trying so hard to leave Windows as my primary game doesn't have native Linux support.

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[–] Resolved3874@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

I tried Endeavor for a bit before switching to Mint. May have just my me being to new to be jumping into Endeavor but I struggled and switch to mint within a couple days. was a beautiful distro though. Will probably jump back at some point since I'm running Linux on a spare PC right next to my main windows PC.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll give EndeavourOS a try then. Thanks.

I tried Pop as it seemed highly recommended.

[–] peanutdust@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Mint and ubuntu are solid places to start linux. You can run them all pretty easy in a virtual machine btw, windows will even auto install ubuntu with the hyper v program. https://imgur.com/a/CFCSUvh Uncheck the secure boot for iso.

[–] niisyth@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

This may be a bit counterintuitive, but I tried Mint and it was ugly and also 21 => 21.1 upgrade tool botched my drive mounting points.

Fedora was absolutely smooth af and Debian has been absolutely lovely too.

In case either of those seem more up your alley.

[–] polle@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I read you post and thought that it could be something i would say, too.