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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).

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Opinion: GNOME vs. macOS user experience (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Spoiler: GNOME wins

Btw their GNOME Theme manager is here

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

I didnt know Windowses Window manager (DWM? Explorer?) had any fancy effects. It is boring as hell but also stable as hell.

yeah I dont know what the best minimal Wayland compositor is.

I am using KDE Plasma since I first tried it, but have separate drives with GNOME, COSMIC-Epoch, Cinnamon etc.

Also want to try LXQt (but it seems many of "their apps" like yarock or qpdfview are not packaged anymore?) and looking for the best Compositor here.

cosmic-comp: honestly I think soon the best. But pre-alpha, no selinux profile yet, and pulls in complete cosmic (packaging issue)
kwin: best currently, tons of needed features, but pulls in half of KDE and random other stuff
wayfire: probably nice? Pulls in also a lot of GTK stuff
labwc: no idea, probably the best minimal one, but as I never heard anything I suppose less good?
something louvre? No idea
mutter: likely just good for GNOME? Could be a good option, if they dont intentionally make stuff only work with GNOME
something that XFCE, Cinnamon, Budgie will produce

And that left out sway, niri, hyprland, river and other tiling WMs.