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Originally Posted by id10t
No it isn't. It is a BSD kernel (microkernel vs. monolithing but still under a Free license). On top of that, it doesn't adhere to the "all of the users files shall be in their home directory" concept, especially for configuration/preferences files for like your Firefox profile, etc... In fact, it seems to take pleasure in mixing *nix and Windows design into how it works and does things....
And kernel upgrades works fine in Linux if you would use Free drivers instead of something with a proprietary binary blob (NVidia cards...)
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You are arguing semantics. They are both *nix based. The CLI commands - the ones i use at least - work on both.
I use RHEL at work plenty. That's all I need linux for.
You couldn't pay me to have a linux machine as a laptop. Debian on a desktop cured me of that idea. the "if" in "kernel upgrades work fine if.." killed it. I don't want to buy different
hardware to run what's touted as
standard software.
And to my mind suggesting the I need a web browser and word crowd use same is get a 10 ton press and learn it so you can crack a walnut. How are they going to click and play games? WSL, VirtualBox?
My MIL's primary interface with the web is a tablet (yes - it's an iPad).
For 99% of the planet, I'm willing to assert that that (with a keyboard if you are writing long documents) is more than enough compute, and it has an API that most can manage.
Unless you are actually doing something I'm always going to say start with one of those...