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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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The GNOME Foundation is thrilled to announce the GNOME project is receiving €1M from the Sovereign Tech Fund to modernize the platform, improve tooling and accessibility, and support features that are in the public interest.

This investment will fund the following projects until the end of 2024:

Improve the current state of accessibility

Design and prototype a new accessibility stack

Encrypt user home directories individually

Modernize secrets storage

Increase the range and quality of hardware support

Invest in Quality Assurance and Developer Experience

Expand and broaden freedesktop APIs

Consolidate and improve platform components

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I hope they also look at Linux Mint and the Cinnamon desktop. It's massively popular and that team work very hard. I'm sure they could use that support to help them focus on improving Cinnamon, the toolkit, accessibility etc.

Happy for Gnome though, they are a long standing project and used by many distro's. I have used Gnome in the past and it's decent, although a little heavy on RAM.

Would be great to see Debian also get this, being one of the oldest Linux distro's and the basis for Ubuntu, which in turn has spawned many distros.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I hope they'll ever fix the backspace issue for the on screen keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

GNOME is well deserving as the most polished and optimally performant DE. GNOME is so good, Windows 11 copied its workflow, layouts and even the taskbar right-click menu with 23H2.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and optimally performant DE

Except it's the worst DE in terms of performance. Using KDE instead of Gnome made a big difference in my weaker laptop.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

GNOME is the best performing modern DE outside of lightweight nice DEs. KDE is by far the worst alongside Deepin. KDE is so crap, I had to turn off all the animations and compositor to bring CPU usage from 70 to 10-15%. This was a stock Debian 12 KDE setup on i5-7200U. GNOME in comparison idles at 1-2%, max 3%. XFCE and LXQt sit around 0.5-1%.

KDE is an absolute mess and is a hobbyist DE in comparison to the professional GNOME.