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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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[–] callyral@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

why would they? gnome has primarily used gtk for a lot of time. also, what do you mean "finally"? it's not like gtk is some kind of abandonware

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

I was joking. It's not abandonware, however it's an atrocious development toolkit compared to Qt.