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System Name | desktop | Odroid N2+ | |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Amlogic S922X | |
Motherboard | Gigabyte B550M DS3H |Odroid N2+ | |
Cooling | Inter-Tech Argus SU-200, 3x Arctic P12 case fans | stock heatsink + fan | |
Memory | Gskill Aegis DDR4 32GB | 4 GB DDR4 | |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 (8GB) | Arm Mali G52 | |
Storage | SK Hynix SSD 240GB, Samsung 840 EVO 250 GB, Toshiba DT01ACA100 1T | Samsung 850 Evo 500GB | |
Display(s) | AOC G2260VWQ6 | LG 24MT57D | |
Case | Asus Prime 201 | Stock case (black version) | |
Audio Device(s) | integrated |
Power Supply | BeQuiet! Pure Power 11 400W | 12v barrel jack | |
Mouse | Logitech G500 |Steelseries Rival 300 |
Keyboard | Qpad MK-50 (Cherry MX brown)| Blaze Keyboard |
Software | Windows 10, Various Linux distros | Gentoo Linux |
What I often hear and read is the phrase "Linux is not user friendly", or other phrases in which some lack of something is subject of complaint. Although I might have some understanding for these misgivings (dependant on the circumstances), it also seems to me that folks stating as such don't have a clue about what "Linux" actually is. It is not an Operating System (OS), nor a component of an OS that users directly interact with. So there is no need for Linux to be "user friendly", because it runs - as a manner of speaking - "under the bonnet" ("under the hood" for Americans). It is a system kernel, of which the name is in this case used as an umbrella name (to refer to the OS family or platform as a whole). This name is "GNU/Linux", sometimes simply "Linux".