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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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What is the best distro for gaming? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by stephfinitely@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I know gaming has gotten a lot better on Linux and I'm working on a new PC and I'm wondering which distro to try.

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[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought SteamOS was built on Arch. It uses pacman as the package manager like Arch does instead of apt like Debian/Ubuntu does.

Edit: Wikipedia answered it for me. SteamOS 1.0 and 2.0 were Debian-based. Starting with SteamOS 3.0, it is Arch-based.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SteamOS

[–] TGhost@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the update :-) I needed it XD