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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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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

I've never seen someone talk about xorg/wayland that was this educated when it comes to xorg codebase.

[–] hfkldjbuq@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I just want a Haskell or Lisp/Scheme extensible Wayland wm/compositor... I can't migrate from xmonad because of that.

[–] Cassilda@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are wlroots bindings for Common Lisp. I've been considering a stumpwm rewrite using them, but it's probably too big a project for me to take on in my copious free time.

[–] 4ffy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm an openbox+tint2 desktop kind of person, so I've started to build my desktop of the future with labwc+waybar. I've hammered waybar into a decent facsimile of my tint2 config, and now I just have to wait until labwc matures enough that all of my old keybinds work. Someday...

[–] SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Isn't X11 already on mantainance mode?