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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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GNOME introducing stronger dependencies on systemd (blogs.gnome.org)

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[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah that stuff I myself got rid of back in the Gnome 1 days when you could still customize all that. I appreciate that the Gnome devs came to the same conclusions as me.

Desktop icons are usually hidden behind windows. It makes more sense to put launch icons in front of everything else, like Gnome does when you hit the Win/Super key.
Minimize is unnecessary when you have workspaces and efficient window switching methods. Same for the task bar.
A long time ago, when I was young, I played around with themes and shit, when that was still supported. There were always problems. Theming any complex set of applications yourself is basically impossible without causing issues, and themes made by others also exhibited this problem. You need a concerted long-term effort, plus buy-in from basically all app development teams, to make a comprehensive theme. Note how Microsoft/Apple don't want to support theming either.
Systray was always some excuse for apps to just keep running in the background while not taking up taskbar space. Steam can go fuck itself, just please exit when I ask you to, and don't treat the close button as "minimize". If I wanted Steam running in the background I would just put it on another workspace.