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[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

I think this ancient image is from when Windows 10 first came out and wasn’t good.

[-] moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago
[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

It’s the best OS for playing games (when debloated) and for casual computer users who don’t wanna spend OSX money.

Linux is catching up on the games front, but has no signs of being good for G-Ma and Pops in the near future.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't tell that to the Linux fan base, they're worse than the crypto lot

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

to be fair they are using something that exist

[-] far_university1990@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

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