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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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[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can even install KDE connect on windows though, I imagine its pretty DE agnostic.

[–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's quite a few KDE apps that work on Windows. I think they're trying to position KDE as a provider of high-quality cross-platform open-source apps, rather than being limited to just Linux.