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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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[–] tabular 22 points 3 months ago (30 children)

What features were lacking from mesa or Cinnamon generally?

I have 4k 1440, 1080 monitor (120hz or higher) on Mint edge, what would I gain from switch to somethibg else?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (10 children)

plasma has wayland support, tons of customizability, better multi monitor support, a great suite of applications including a text editor with lsp support and much more, and in general looks nicer. cinnamon is sort of the bare minimum

[–] tabular 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does that include support for variable refresh rate with multiple monitor (Freesync in my case).

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