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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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Proton Mail Finally Releases Desktop Apps With a Linux Beta Version (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 8 months ago by drascus@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Slack is one of those apps which lags in a week on any hardware, it might be better than web version but it still sucks ass compared to fucking ICQ clients. Source: using it in the company I work for, for about 7 years already.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't often have trouble with slack being slow, or buggy. Been using it like 9 years myself. Interesting you're comparing slack to icq. Are you referring to a current version of icq, or the one that existed in the early 2000s?

I am not sure I understand comparing an app designed to do video/audio chat seamlessly, threaded conversations, channels, filesharing, plus has dozens of subtle nice features that make for a rich experience and a... Chat app, that worked fine for sending plaintext messages but didn't really do anything else.

[–] Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I compare it to qip or similar with voice calling support about 10 years ago. But still, Slack loses to pretty much anything on the market regarding performance, be that Element, Telegram, Skype or even Discord. It literally battles with biggest IDEs lol

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Not my experience. Not sure what qip is either