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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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GNOME Devs are rethinking the "Activities" button (www.omglinux.com)

submitted 1 year ago by thegreenguy@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

GNOME wasn't really made for desktops

I can certainly believe that. Yet, pretty much every desktop distro ships it as the default, which boggles my mind.

[–] thegreenguy@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well GNOME is the most polished, which means it eneded up being the most popular, which means GTK has the most apps, which makes GNOME look very polished, and the cycle repeats itself.

Also the vast majority of people use laptops, not desktops.