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this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2024
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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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Not as far as I'm aware. The Linux community is largely cooperative, the idea is that everyone can choose the DE they like best. I don't remember seeing anything about Cinnamon trying to bring back an older GNOME version - you might be thinking of MATE (though I'm not aware of ANY friction there either) considering MATE is a fork of GNOME 2.
Cinnamon didn't necessarily want to go back (otherwise they would have built MATE), but it was created out of dissatisfaction with GNOME 3 dropping the traditional desktop metaphor.
both are a fork of guhnome i think so!!