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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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[ META ] What is the community's opinion of Pop!_OS? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by gregorum@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It’s an Ubuntu downstream maintained by Linux box maker System76 which is targeted for both general usability and design/media applications. They will soon be debuting their own home-spun desktop environment, Cosmic DE, which is highly anticipated by the Linux community.

How does the community here feel about this distribution and the company that has brought it to us? How do you feel about the projects that they’re working on, and their goals for the distribution moving forward?

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[–] starman@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I really appreciate that they're working on new desktop environment. I'll probably switch from Hyprland to Cosmic once it's available on NixOS

[–] mmstick@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think it already it is available on NixOS

[–] starman@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, but sort of unofficially... I wait for this: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/259641