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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] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I like the opinionated nature of GNOME, I don't have time to configure my desktop, I just need to do work and get paid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You've made a grave error: not hating Gnome on Lemmy/Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Omg I'm so sorry, no you're right, fuck GNOME, all its devs are doodoofards! /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

that's more like it !

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

I may understand "opinionated" differently from you, but the main issue is that when you do want to change something, you can't. Or it's some unsupported hack, or (best case) you flip some hidden configuration variable (that will probably break with the next release).

KDE is well configured from the get go as well, you don't have to change anything and it will work well. But if you do decide that you don't like some of their defaults, you can tweak many aspects of it.