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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 features would I be losing if I switched to GNOME? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't mean for this to become a KDE vs GNOME post. I'm looking at switching to Fedora (because Arch is a pain), and it seems that GNOME is more supported. I use KDE on Arch. What features would I be losing if I were to switch? (ex: toolbar management, KRunner, etc.)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I just started to daily Bazzite, which is Kinoite but made for gaming. Can confirm it is so reliable it's crazy. Best fresh install experience by a mile.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Yes for sure.

Fedora packagers do the heavy lifting of shipping the packages
ostree pulls in and versions the OCI images
rpm-ostree layers RPMs onto the base image but on their side, so they can install exactly what they need. Its all CI/CD Github actions
they include all the files needed for a perfect experience
they have yafti and ublue-update, which fill the gaps
on your machine, rpm-ostree just needs to update