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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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Zorin OS 17 Beta Released with Quick Settings, Spatial Desktop, and More (9to5linux.com)

submitted 11 months ago by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I hope we can separate the DE from the OS some day

We had that from the beginning of X. It could abstract nicely from all unices and even a little M$.

That era ended (unintentionally) with the dawn of KDE and GNOME, and I'm afraid it won't come back with Wayland.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Does it ended? On all distros I know of, Fedora, Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Zorin, we can swap the desktop environments like gloves. The only exception being immutable things like Fedora Kionite, but they are made to be untouchable and for specific users.

Wayland does not change anything there, only that the desktops with less developers must take more time to adapt. What makes desktop interoperable are FreeDesktop standards, which are now in full swing to Wayland.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah I really don't know what they mean, in the past couple months I've used Plasma, Gnome, NsCDE, i3, Sway, Hyprland, Enlightenment, WindowMaker, Mate, Trinity, Xfce, and probably others I forgot

[–] juli@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Shit 😔

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Something didn't work they way you wanted it to work? Or not a fan of Gnome?