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

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours 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] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

MATE (prn: MAH-Tay)

because it comes with standard Trisquel and is a smooth DE experience.

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

Oh yeah I heard of trisquel, those gnu endorsed distros.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Fully free distro list

If you know how to source hardware that uses fully-free drivers, they are worth a look.

Guix and Parabola also look interesting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

or if you want your firmware to be open source and stuff they are for people who follows gnu project free philosophy(in my opinion).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ha, had no idea it was pronounced like that. I've always said MATE like "date"/"rate"/"fate"

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

You probably didn't even know it's pronounced Jimp too!!