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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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Most desktops or distros are too heavy and you can have problems uninstalling the bloat you don't want. Most people don't even use an optical drive anymore, yet xfburn comes with Xfce and will break your system when you remove it. KDE has one meta-package with about 15 items and I only want 2 of those, but can't separate them. Make packages more ala carte and allow us to install them and uninstall them one by one. No more of these meta-packages! Better GUI package managers (that you can safely uninstall once you learn Linux better) seems like a great idea. I dislike KDE, but their GUI package manager is awesome. I think Linux leaders need to do what some businesses do: ask on a frequent basis what users like and dislike. What confuses them, what caused them to break their system or leave Linux. IT people may predominantly be independent types and Linux techies even more so. The downside is that means Linux is likely to be more fragmented and that Linux devs don't work together enough or communicate well enough with each other. (But, i detest the interference by Canonical, RedHat, IBM, or other BigTech) One of my biggest gripes is that more keyboard shortcuts aren't consistent. I should be able to use the same in any distro, DE/WM, nano or other text editor, a web browser, terminal, etc. But, that isn't all Linux's fault. Linux users need to stop telling newbies to use Arch or Fedora. Tell them to start with something both easy to install and easy to use. After a while, the user can distro hop or switch. Ubuntu with Gnome or Mint are easiest. Suggest those.