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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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What's the longest you've stayed on a distribution? (self.linux)

submitted 2 years ago by unix_joe to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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This is kind of the anti-distro hopping thread. How long have you stayed on a single Linux distribution for your main PC? What about servers?

I've been on Debian on and off since 2021, but finally committed to the platform since April of this year.

Before that I was on OpenBSD from 2011 - 2021 for my desktop.

Prior to that, FreeBSD for many years, followed by a few years of distro-hopping various Linux distros (Slackware, Arch, Fedora, simplyMEPIS, and ZenWalk from memory).

How long have you been on your distribution? Do we have anybody here who has been on their current distro for more than a decade?

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[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Depends on the system. I've run my Pis with PiOS exclusively since I started with Linux at the beginning of 2020. I ran a media box on PopOS for a year and a half before switching it to Mint XFCE after having some issues. It is also just a media box so it would really be fine on headless Debian or Ubuntu Server.

I finally got around to switching my primary machine to Linux (Mint specifically) just three months ago. I'm comfortable with Debian/Ubuntu based distros at this point and don't feel the need to play with something else. I might end up with a different desktop though as Cinnamon gets a bit wonky on my machine from time to time.