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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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[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Win + spacebar doesn't work in some cases and if something is opened in fullscreen, closing it isn't very convenient. The actual key binding that works is alt + shift I think.

[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Technically alt + shift changes between languages and ctrl + shift changes between layouts within the current language. Win + spacebar circles through all of them. So if you want to change from qwerty to dvorak I don't think alt + shift will work, at least in windows 10.

[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I absolutely hate that there are 3 ways to change my keyboard layouts. I very often hit control shift and since it's hidden that the layout was changed I wonder why the last sentence I wrote is gibberish...