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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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[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OP claims that “actually nothing will actually run” because the stable Wayland protocols lack so much important functionality. In reality, many people use Wayland every day

Are the Wayland compositors people are using every day exclusively using "stable" Wayland interfaces? Honest question, because I have absolutely no idea.

[–] 520@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

There is no such thing as a 'stable' Wayland interface. Each compositor is responsible for their own interfaces, the Wayland protocol is there to make sure that applications written for Wayland play nicely with them.