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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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KDE Plasma needs stability (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

KDE Plasma on a laptop whose hardware was crap when it came out in 2009, running fine:

https://drive.proton.me/urls/R5SPEKY1VG#yzKAoNQxSjXc

GNOME, slightly sluggish:

https://drive.proton.me/urls/7JD8899CH8#NlXG8uZpm0Cd

Also just checked out your "computing guide" (which is just a loose collection of info and recommendations more than a guide), and lol'd at this paragraph [brackets mine]:

F(L)OSS means Free (Libre) Open Source software, and it means that the software is freeware [eh, no? FLOSS can be paid], AND the source code that are building blocks of software, are available openly and freely for modification, reverse engineering, compilation and studying purposes. The correct way to say it, as Richard Stallman says, is FLOSS and not FOSS. [I'm fairly sure if you ask Stallman he'll completely reject "Open Source" all together]