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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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The cost of maintaining Xorg (mastodon.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah?

That must explain why Xorg always crashes and burns when I don't use the correct combination of desktop environment, compositor and driver version.

Let's not ignore that Xorg doesn't and never has been working for everyone. At least default to the sane option with a future.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

User error. If X is too difficult for you to use, maybe you should try Windows.

Moving to an even more broken option isn't a good solution.