Criticism of desktop Linux is a history of comment on the perceived shortcomings of the Linux operating system when installed on desktop computers. These...
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Linux is used on the New York Stock Exchange and most supercomputers, it is used in few desktop and laptop computers. Much of the criticism of Linux is...
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systems as of May 2022[update]. Linux is, as of March 2024[update], used by around 4 percent of desktop computers. The Chromebook, which runs the Linux kernel-based...
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by Windows with 26%. Linux runs almost every type of device, all the top 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world, desktop computers, laptops, the...
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Ubuntu (redirect from History of Ubuntu Linux)
platforms such as OpenStack. It is also one of the most popular Linux distributions for general desktop use, supported by extensive online communities...
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included: Version 2.4.19 of the Linux kernel; Version 2.4 of the GNOME Desktop Environment (GNOME); Version 3.1 of the K Desktop Environment (KDE). Fedora...
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Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by Finnish student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has...
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Parallels Desktop for Mac is a hypervisor providing hardware virtualization for Mac computers. It is developed by Parallels, a subsidiary of Corel. Parallels...
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Google Desktop was a computer program with desktop search capabilities, created by Google for Linux, Apple Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows systems. It...
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used. This is available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS. The Chrome Remote Desktop allows a permanent, pre-authorized connection to a remote...
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Red Hat Linux was a widely used commercial open-source Linux distribution created by Red Hat until its discontinuation in 2004. Early releases of Red Hat...
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GNOME (redirect from Gnome desktop)
open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Many major Linux distributions, including Debian, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu,...
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Castro showcased Qt 1.45 compiling on a modern Linux system. Linux on the desktop Sirtaj S. Kang. "The K Desktop Environment". Archived from the original on...
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Debian (redirect from Debian GNU/Linux)
based on the Linux kernel, and is the basis of many other Linux distributions. As of September 2023, Debian is the second-oldest Linux distribution still...
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Zen Browser (category Linux web browsers)
licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0. Zen Browser is compatible with Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux. It had three download options:...
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Unity (user interface) (redirect from Unity (desktop environment))
eve of the release of Ubuntu 11.04, reviewer Matt Hartley of IT Management criticized Unity, saying that the "dumbing down of the Linux desktop environment...
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ChromeOS (category Operating systems based on the Linux kernel)
scripts that allows access to a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu. However, in 2018 Google announced that desktop Linux apps were officially coming to...
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Android 16 (section Desktop mode)
resources with its own Linux kernel. Notably, it supports running classic software like Doom, which shows its capability to handle full desktop applications. The...
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LiMux (category Linux software projects)
city of Munich in 2004 in order to replace the software on its desktop computers, migrating from Microsoft Windows to free software based on Linux.[citation...
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2025-01-14. "Delta Force devs say Desktop Linux support is 'not part of our agenda in the future'". GamingOnLinux. Retrieved 2025-05-27. "Infinity Nikki...
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Elementary OS (redirect from Pantheon (desktop environment))
Pantheon is also being released as an optional work-in-progress desktop environment in GeckoLinux. In addition to its x86 installer, Elementary offers various...
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UberStudent (category Linux distributions)
Linux distribution in the world, according to DistroWatch, and had been adopted by a variety of education centers around the world. The developer of the...
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Elive (category IA-32 Linux distributions)
Elive is a non-commercial Linux distribution based on Debian. It uses the Enlightenment desktop environment, offering a live DVD and a persistent USB...
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Steam Deck (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from August 2023)
native Linux games and those running through Proton, a compatibility layer for Windows games. Additionally, the Steam Deck features a desktop mode and...
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Linus Torvalds (redirect from Linux Torvalds)
but with extensions you can make your desktop look almost as good as it used to look two years ago". The Linux Foundation currently sponsors Torvalds...
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of application software, but their usage share in desktops is low in comparison to other operating systems. Android, which runs on a modified Linux kernel...
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VectorLinux, abbreviated VL, was a Linux distribution for the x86 platform based on the Slackware Linux distribution, originally developed by Canadian...
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common desktop operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Since the release of xkeyboard-config version 2.12 (May 2014), a component of the X...
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Google Chrome (redirect from Security features of Google Chrome)
released for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and also for Android, where it is the default browser. The browser is also the main component of ChromeOS, where...
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Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism...
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