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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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Your Most Frustrating Configuration Experience? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by gwilikers@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What software have you found particularly frustrating or difficult to configure on Linux?

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[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

https://xkcd.com/963/

Fortunately I haven't had to open it in a very long time.

[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Similar here. I used to have 2 screens that if they turned off for powersaving only 1 of them would wake up. So I had a script on the desktop to do a reset and move them correctly.

#!/bin/bash
xrandr --output HDMI2 --off
xrandr --output HDMI2 --auto --same-as HDMI1
xrandr --output HDMI1 --right-of HDMI2
exit

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Why did we have to learn what modelines were to get a picture on screen?