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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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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I hope they increase their market share even more, they have been great with open source.

[–] Gebruikersnaam@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

About 40% of linux users in the Steam survey use a Steam Deck, so this is not surprising at all.

[–] Otheruser@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there anything that makes AMD CPU’s the preferred choice over Intel CPU’s, when running Linux? I was of the understanding that compatibility was quite smoothed out at this point at the CPU/motherboard level and that there wouldn’t be any particular preference in that respect.

I myself have had both Intel CPU’s back in the Sandy Bridge days and then AMD CPU’s since Zen - both worked equally well for Linux in my experience.

[–] hhkk9977@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

as another comment said, it’s probably the steam deck contributing to the amd numbers. i don’t think intel is any worse compared to amd on the cpu side of things.