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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

After configuration...can you start browsing right away? I thought you had to wait several hours or more before you could actually use it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can start as soon as the pipes ore built which is around 15 mins or less but for the network to be quicker it can take a few hours as you say.

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

good to know. Can I keep something permanently connected..or is that a bad idea?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just fixed the hyperlink not showing up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

do you have some good eeepsites to recommend?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is the main problem i2p has compared to TOR. There isn't nearly as many resources as expected for help in using i2p. Tor has easy to use things like the preconfigured Tor browser and TAILS, but as far as I know i2p doesn't really have these things. I would love a preconfigured TAILS like distro with browser and torrent client for i2p torrents.

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

When you load up I2p it has a directory of places you can go off the bat. Then there are some search engines aswell for you to use.