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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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Firefox (finally) enables Wayland by default on their builds (phabricator.services.mozilla.com)

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[–] tiita 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Please educate me

What's wayland?

[–] agent_flounder 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

According to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/wayland

Wayland is a display server protocol. It is aimed to become the successor of the X Window System. You can find a comparison between Wayland and Xorg on Wikipedia.

[–] olafurp 2 points 8 months ago

A compositor. Wikipedia