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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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[–] voluntaryexilecat 1 points 2 years ago

curious, why would you want that? the packages are usually built by the distro maintainers for the distro, so if you switch from, say apt to dnf you'd have to take care of repackaging yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, but you are asking for a world of pain. Why would you want to do this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, wipe your current distro and install another.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Yes it probably is but there is really no sense in replacing all the packages