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Paula
Paula

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Let's talk about Linux

I wanted to share this with you guys. What do you love the most about Linux and freedom of the software?

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Ian Kirker

This is kind of a pet peeve, but: it's a mistake to confuse a community with the space that community hangs out or organises in, especially when that community does not control that space.

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Devang Hingu

For me, Linux is everything... 🥰 🥰 🥰

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🦄N B🛡

It's more like what I hate the least.

But I happen to hate it less than all other computer operating systems. Aside from my favorite tool to "control the operation of a computer:" a hammer.

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Idrees Khan

I just started using it by installing it on my phone dev.to/dotnetdreamer/using-android...

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Chris C

The fact that you can revive old hardware with Linux.

I am amazed at how Windows 10 is atrocious on some (even new) hardware. But a lightweight Linux OS will perform fine on it

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Aarush Bhat

I'm using manjaro, but its too heavy, even heavy on my ryzen 7 16 gb ram and ssd, i have no clue why.

I've tried mx, kali, ubuntu.(distro jumperrr)

What do you'll use for web development? I'm thinking of pop os now.... Should i?

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Saurabh Sharma • Edited

I'm just using ubuntu, and it works

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Paula

fair enough

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Sahil Gadimbayli

Fell in love with pacman package manager for arch

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Matt Broberg

This is so cool!

You can add Opensource.com to that list of communities. We write a lot about Linux, and I especially love the stories people share about falling in love with Linux.

If you're interested in sharing your story, shoot me a message here or matt @opensource.com 🐧

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Jayesh Kale

I started my journey from ubuntu andnow on Arch.... Linux have a distro suitable from beginner to advanced.. The Customization and opensource nature is plus to user...

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Instinct

Anyone here who uses RHEL8 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8)?

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