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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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A quick look back at Corel Linux OS, another attempt to make a competing Windows-like OS (www.neowin.net)

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Anyone else remember Corel Linux?

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[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 4 points 9 months ago

The blend between blur and transparency that Windows uses is a bit special, you can't really get it on Linux I think. I use Blur My Shell for some cheap fancy effects, but it's nothing close to the shades Microsoft came up with.

I still prefer Aero over its replacement, but I can see the appeal. Gnome and KDE just don't seem to have a distinctive GUI blur effect the same way Windows has (or Apple macOS/iOS has, for that matter).