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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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[–] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i tried recently compiling the epoch build on machine, but it didn't start. maybe because of my nvidia card. nevertheless i'll be installing this as soon as it hits the arch repos!

[–] quaternaut@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah I had trouble building it on Arch. Something went wrong with a particular dependency, but I forget which. I'll give it another try soon, since I'm incredibly eager to experience the newer changes.