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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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Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how (www.zdnet.com)

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Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it:

After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year.

Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it's growing fast.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I think you are right. Choice is good. My dislike of KDE is partially because I liken it more to windows. I have thought windows has an atrocious UI for a long time so by default Mac seems better to me, even despite it lacking a lot of customization.

Gnome definitely has a search function which normally I think is defaulted to the windows key, so that's interesting you couldn't find anything. I actually always turn off a couple UI things which let me navigate to apps that are shown by default because to me it's clutter. Just because I like the cleanness of the UI, I use uLauncher for finding apps. It's similar to spotlight or Alfred.