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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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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 6 hours ago

"The new Video Player prioritizes a distraction-free viewing experience"

How can you say this while having the controls overlaid onto the video, youtube-style, and cropping the video corners ? admittedly corners are rarely of the utmost importance in any film, or other video file. But just don't touch my corners.

Anyway, I don't use Gnome

[–] Tenkard@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago

Sono un fottuto polentone

[–] refreeze@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Integrated brightness control for multiple monitors is awesome!

[–] Cornelius@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

GNOME didn't have this before?

KDE has had this for almost 2 years I think. Heck it even works with my desktop monitors over DP and HDMI.

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Never ceases to amaze me how any word on new GNOME improvements brings out all the Plasma users

[–] mactan@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

what else is there to compare to, windows?

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I always go back to Fedora. Different strokes for different folks and I’m definitely not trying to have a “Which distro?!?” conversation. Maybe you have philosophical reasons to hate it. (I do sometimes too.) But that’s my home base.

It’s partly because I learned on WhiteHat/CentOS/RHEL for work. But even today, it’s my stable, baseline distro. They don’t change Gnome or push updates without at least some testing. (I know.) Drivers almost always work. There’s (usually) documentation written by paid professionals. It’s just a good, solid OS that I can make mine without uninstalling shit or worrying it’s unstable.

Debian is perfect for that too, obviously and I’m eternally grateful for Arch’s wiki and community. But for my needs, Fedora strikes a near-perfect balance.

[–] jhdeval@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Your views on distros follows mine. Fedora is my day to day and debian is my server os of choice.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I like Fedora and Debian a lot, but update fatigue drove me crazy with Fedora in particular. I know I don’t HAVE to update everyday, but if they’re available I can’t help myself. I like how calm and still Debian feels in comparison. I’m running mostly Debian 13 now days and I’m going to try holding out the full 2 years before the next version. It’ll be a bit of a marathon as I read about all these new features every 6 months.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Typically with Debian distros, I set security updates to be automatic and I just go in every now and then and update the rest. But I pretty much only use it on servers and Raspberry Pi side projects.

To be clear to people who find this, none of these distros we’re talking about are for massive scale. We’re talking personal stuff, side projects, small businesses, etc. Don’t put Kali Linux on your laptop. It’s made for a specific purpose.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

To be clear to people who find this, none of these distros we’re talking about are for massive scale. We’re talking personal stuff, side projects, small businesses, etc. Don’t put Kali Linux on your laptop. It’s made for a specific purpose.

Arista had a mass produced network switches line based on fedora circa 2020; they back ported everything to keep it up to date.

That relative mouse support is a big one. Very excited to try that out

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nice stuff! Does anyone know how long these upgrades usually take to make it to bazzite-gnome?

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

should be most likely within week of Fedora 43 release

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Should be in testing within a day or two, might take a week or more to make it to stable.

edit: this is wrong (sorry!), see replies

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Dang, I know Bazzite's whole advantage over SteamOS is integration speed, but man are they quick. Incredible team.

Stoked to hear I'll get to try this out so soon!

[–] quarterlife@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry we're not this fast, it'll land when Fedora 43 hits stable.

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Haha, perfectly valid, thanks for the clarification!

Edit: Just realizing who you are here, and wanted to express my gratitude! Bazzite has been the thing that finally allowed me to feel comfortable ditching Windows on a gaming living room PC, with all my finicky requirements for HDR and a clean controller-driven experience, and it's been a fantastic decision.