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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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Tiling Distro Suggestions (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm currently using Fedora KDE Plasma, but I'd like to try out a tiling window manager. What would you all reccomend? I use my computer for school, so I would like it to be stable.

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, you kind of can actually. It just replaces KWin

[–] D_Air1@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Only on X11 though.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

You can? And then it still launches the Plasma session?

That may be an XOrg thing, which Fedora dropped. But the apps could still run on Xorg.