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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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[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently you can configure KWin (the WM for KDE) to act like a tiling WM. It's very customizable. Also, you can replace KWin with a TWM, such as i3. I remember doing this a long time ago, can't remember how, though.

[–] xengi@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I'm currently doing this with xfce replacing it's window manager with i3. Sadly that doesn't work on Wayland anymore because the concept of a window manager doesn't exist anymore. Your DE is a compositor now.