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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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Which distro has the best GUI in your opinion? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by bigbox@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've dabbled with Linux over the years, first with Ubuntu in the early 2010s, then Elementary OS when that dropped, and a few years ago I really enjoyed how customizable the gui was with Xubuntu. I was able to make it look just like WIndows 2000 which was really cool.

Which current distro has the best GUI, in your opinion? I find modern Ubuntu to feel a little basic and cheap. I guess I don't really like modern Gnome. I'm currently using Windows 10 LTSC which is probably the best possible version of Windows, but I'd jump to linux if I could find a distro with a gui that feels at least as polished and feature rich as Windows 10 LTSC.

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[–] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I really like the GUI in Pop!_OS. It's a custom GNOME installation with some sort of window tiling manager I don't know what it's called. I really like it, and I like their system themes, too. It's very macOS-like. Simple, clean, and functional with a lot of little custom tweaks put in by system76 to cover some gaps in GNOME's basic configuration and things that are missing from Ubuntu (Pop!_OS is an Ubuntu variant).

Others have mentioned Linus Mint with Cinnamon. I haven't used it in several years, but I recall it being very nice and simple. It's very Windows-like, which I'm not a fan of, but the interface was quite pretty, as I recall.