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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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Testing PostMarketOS with Gnome on my MS Surface GO 2 (makertube.net)

submitted 3 days ago by colourlesspony@pawb.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I haven't had a great time with Linux on a tablet without a keyboard and mouse but PostmarketOS is 100% usable IMO. Even the on screen keyboard on the login screen works.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So, h264 video playback at 1080px works flawlessly, and flac audio. What about

other codecs
hardware accel, e.g. for h265?

[–] colourlesspony@pawb.social 2 points 3 days ago

I was mostly just testing if I could use it without a keyboard and mouse. Which has not been the case with other distros I have tried. It's mostly firefox and the login screen having issues with the onscreen keyboard and the UI not scaling or accecpting touch input well that has been my problem with linux on a tablet.