• ttyybb@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    We don’t talk about operating systems that would be silly. We talk about distros.

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      5 hours ago

      Distros basically are OSes. You get some choices of kernel with some choices of userland and some choices of desktop environment. Additionally, you get some update mechanism and optionally some customized looks, tools, and/or sets of settings. That’s all what an OS really is.