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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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What desktop enviroment do you use and why? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So a few months back I asked about you guys os in c/asklemmy, so this time I wanna ask about your desktops you use on this same account.
(I use kde but plan to move to cinnamon I find kde buggy and gnome tracker3 randomly broke for no reason + themeing so yh idk if these happened to anybody)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Gnome on one machine, LXDE on another.

I use Gnome on my main laptop, a Thinkpad P50. I bought it with a dock thinking I'd use it at my desk and on the sofa but it's a bit of a beast so that stays on my desk and I use an L440 with LXDE on the sofa. Considering trying LCARS on the sofa machine.

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

Hmm I have a question, why not lxqt its more actively maintained then lxde.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I used LXDE for a while on old crappy machines when I first started using Linux so just used to it I guess

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

alr