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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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Upgrade to Linux (www.upgradetolinux.com)

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Resources to test, install, and run your first instances of Linux and open source software.

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[–] wiikifox@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

For the end user, especially a beginner, there's 0 difference between them.

Shouldn't be the other way around? Beginners usually won't want to install DE's or other stuff by hand:

Linux Mint offers a Windows-like experience with cinnamon out of the box, and has several stuff setup by default like system snapshots and media codecs.
Pop!_OS is really appealing visually and very comfortable to use and setup.
Ubuntu, well, is Ubuntu. I'm not diving into it.