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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Ubuntu (redirect from History of Ubuntu Linux)
comprises Linux server, desktop and discontinued phone and tablet operating system versions. As of version 24.10, a default installation of Ubuntu contains...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Unity (user interface) (redirect from Unity (desktop environment))
the release of Ubuntu 11.04, reviewer Matt Hartley of IT Management criticized Unity, saying that the "dumbing down of the Linux desktop environment is...
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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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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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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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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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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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with the purpose of enabling support for running Linux GUI applications (X11 and Wayland) on Windows in a fully integrated desktop experience. WSLg was...
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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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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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Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative or positive qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments...
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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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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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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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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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selection of application software, but their usage share in desktops is low in comparison to other operating systems. Since Android, which is Linux, accounts...
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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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Lubuntu (category Linux distributions)
luu-BUUN-too) is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses the LXQt desktop environment in place of GNOME. Lubuntu was originally touted...
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LiMux (category Linux distributions without systemd)
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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