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EndeavorOS is another Arch-based distribution that elevates the aesthetics of the desktop. Although it defaults to a gorgeous KDE Plasma desktop, you can choose between KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, ...

This new Linux distro folds a gorgeous COSMIC desktop into an immutable Fedora base ...

It also comes with a ton of fixes.

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Is the Linux system clean? Verifiable integrity is intended to ensure this. The startup Amutable now wants to implement this.

Basically it’s an operating system that uses a Linux kernel, the WINE compatibility layer for Windows applications, and the ReactOS userland, plus a few other odds and ends to let you run Win32 apps.

Linux doesn’t hide the system behind guardrails. Here’s why its freedom, flexibility, and control still outclass the ...