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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 4 days ago (1 children)

congratulations

none of that is true

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I'm sorry for having said something untrue. For example, DannyBoy points out that GNOME and whatever Ubuntu uses do have fractional scaling.

However, is my experience untrue? Was I lying when I said that my track-pad two-finger scrolling is frustrating? Furthermore, it's not unusual for people at work to try my track-pad and it being way too sensitive or too un-sensitive, but no in between.

Was I lying when I said that, for me, it's hard to get software? Was I lying when I said that maybe this is a skill issue on my part, but even that is indicative of a lack of easy ways of getting reassurance in the way that Apple makes it easy to find software in their App Store?

Was I lying when I said that, to me, GNOME is gorgeous?

Was the creator of the Mojo language lying when he recounted his experience developing Swift?

Was I lying when I said that developers are leaving Linux?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

apart from the Mojo thing you it wasn't clear that this was only your experience, and none of which are accurate or useful observations

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It sounds like you really value skill, precision, and usefulness.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

GNOME is not user-centric. GNOME is GNOME-centric.