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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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Linux Desktop reaches New All time high. 4.45%(+0.4) 📈🐧 (gs.statcounter.com)

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[–] secretlyaddictedtolinux 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also what the fuck is a tiling window manager? I want it!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Instead of having your windows float around, they perfectly snap and fill the space of the monitor depending on how many windows you have open. A new DE in alpha right now called Cosmic has both floating windows and tiling, you can change with just a toggle.

Cosmic is great so far, I run it on Fedora.

[–] secretlyaddictedtolinux 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh my gosh I need this now.

Fedora? 🤢 jk

[–] andrewth09 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The big common ones are i3, Hyprland, or Awesome. However, there are tons out there and there is no right answers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I want my windows anywhere I want them, and in Cinnamon I can snap windows to corners, o top, or bottom... Being forced to work tiled is backwards.

If as someone mentioned in Cosmic you can toggle it off and on ( and the toggle is esasily accesible, not buried in settings) I'm fine with that

[–] coldy 3 points 4 months ago

"Being forced to work tiled" that's the main feature of a tiling wm though...

If you tried it for a while, you'd realize just how annoying floating windows really are. All that manual positioning, focus issues, getting them stuck or hidden behind other windows, etc. For big monitors, I would say tiling is just flat superior to floating windows managers.