Poll

Should this become a "Unix / Unix-like General" thread? (MacOS, Linux, BSD)

Yes
14 (66.7%)
No (please note why)
7 (33.3%)

Total Members Voted: 17

Author Topic: Linux Thread  (Read 32711 times)

I want to try this operaring system

I want to try this operaring system
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

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add gnome2/MATE to the poll. it's always been my favorite since I started using ubuntu 7.10 as a youngster.

add gnome2/MATE to the poll. it's always been my favorite since I started using ubuntu 7.10 as a youngster.
Added.

add cinnamon, its what i like to use the most

add cinnamon, its what i like to use the most
Cinnamon is pretty much just GNOME / MATE.

i use Arch Linux > Manjaro > GNOME


what.
he's saying he uses manjaro with gnome
he just wants to pretend that using manjaro means he uses arch, hence the first bit

i actually think my favorite distro is now manjaro, its based off arch which i like while having a great gui and it just feels right for me

i actually think my favorite distro is now manjaro, its based off arch which i like while having a great gui and it just feels right for me
how about apricity



It's just arch with a nice ubuntu-like installer, a bunch of (non-bloat) useful packages and gnome (or cinnamon if you want) preinstalled

gnome is poop butt supreme lamo kde is bae

i've tried out apricity and i like it as well, theres quite some distros that i just like to use

i still like arch since im poopoo gay nig