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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 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Huh but GPUs only support it since like 2016 or 2017. Older ones won't be able to render GTK4?

[–] that_leaflet@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

There's still OpenGL backends, a newer one that shares the same backend as the Vulkan renderer and the old OpenGL renderer.

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