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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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Taking screenshots? What's the use case for that? That's an invalid use case. Didn't you know wayland is only a protocol?
I'm amazed people don't get the reference to Gnome devs here. I'm not even a Gnome user and I got the joke right away.
I don't get it either. I'd like to be educated on the topic. What do I look for?
This was the best writeup of the controversy I could find with a quick Google search:
https://felipec.wordpress.com/2023/03/04/one-decade-later-gnome-still-sucks/
Edit: Love that I'm being downvoted for providing context. I don't even have a horse in this race. Last time I used Gnome was years before Gnome 3 came out.
genuinely just a horrible take
It's a joke
also, linux is only a kernel