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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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This was actually quite fun to watch because we’ve all had to google how to do basic things here and there in Linux.
As opposed to other systems where the computer just reads your mind? (slightly sarcastic, but i’m interested in how your experience of other systems differs)
Oh no I get what you’re saying. Most people have been using windows or mac operating systems since they were in grade school, so it is super natural to know how to do these things, but when I mess around with linux I quite often find myself googling simple things. Linux just does things differently. Just like windows and mac os do things differently as well.