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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Reliability? Gnome maybe stable... per version! New resease? New breaking change! Screws all your extension and themes, and removes certain features because its "a decade old" or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'll keep saying it again and again: Gnome only "breaks" your extensions if you install them from a different source than your Gnome version (I.e. from the website). Install them from your distro's repo and you have no issues.
Same as all other software: let your package manager handle it.