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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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Who here uses a less popular Linux distribution? What made you choose it? (lemdro.id)

submitted 1 year ago by mfat@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey fellow Linux enthusiasts! I'm curious to know if any of you use a less popular, obscure or exotic Linux distribution. What motivated you to choose that distribution over the more mainstream ones? I'd love to hear about your experiences and any unique features or benefits that drew you to your chosen distribution.

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[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Void here too. I was mostly Solaris & OpenBSD for many years, Void is the first linux I'm happy to run on my main machines.

I realized I was going to be comfortable with Void when I saw in the docs that to config the network you just "put the commands in rc.local". Ha ha. Yes, that's how you'd do it in 7th Edition Unix! Back to the basics.

[–] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What made you go away from OpenBSD? Really curious, did you actually use it as a desktop system?

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, although the thing on my desk is just an x-term & media player, so "desktop system" doesn't mean that much...

Mostly video performance (1080 vid stuttered badly, while it plays fine on the same machine under linux.) & compatability. (Not that I want to run a browser on my x-term, but it would be nice to have as a fallback option. Can't install anything recent.) Oh, and extended attributes in the filesystem. I REALLY like being able to add name=val tags to a file. It's immensely useful. That might be my favorite feature of linux? Funny.

Also, I was in the midst of switching from Solaris to Linux on my server, so it just seemed like a good idea to run the same OS on the desktop.