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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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What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions? (lemdro.id)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (26 children)

Multimedia/ h264 codecs ??
KDE/GSconnect
Something like Arch's downgrade package + an archive of package versions
Hardware video acceleration support is sorely lacking
Picture-in-picture in Gnome's Wayland (bug that a gnome-shell extension fixes!)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not sure why KDE/GSconnect would need to be preinstalled tbh. But I agree with the others

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Quality of life improvement. Plus it's normal for operating systems to have some kind of smartphone/smart device integration now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plus it's normal for operating systems to have some kind of smartphone/smart device integration now.

And I don't approve of this transition. It's unnecessary bloat. Just install it if you want it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Only a Gentoo user can make that claim. Hope you are one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's not true lol

I am an arch user though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Guess what if you installed a DE, other than the tiling ones, it came with bloat.

You probably also use systemd, another infamous piece of bloatware. /s

Gentoo has less bloat than Arch if really want to get into nitpicking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

because kde connect is so well made and everyone with a smartphone should use it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't really want my smartphone notifs on my PC. It should be an optional addition, like it currently is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I actually turned off the notification sync, I only use it for file transfers and the remote control features

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I have syncthing for file transfers, and I love it

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