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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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Accent colors are now a standard preference for Linux (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Accent colors provide a way for users to personalize their desktop in a simple, developer-friendly, and effective way. Throughout the community there has been a general interest in the inclusion of accent colors within apps and desktop environments. This proposal aims to standardize an accent color key on the Settings portal.

A new key on the Settings portal, accent-color, would be defined under the org.freedesktop.appearance namespace.

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And endorsed by #GNOME, #KDE, #CosmicDE, #ElementaryOS, and #Budgie, at that!

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (6 children)

They are being overly semantic about what “Linux” means. Obviously this is about desktop projects.

[–] Salix 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They said "Linus", not "Linux".

I was assuming they thought Linus Torvalds was the one working on merging this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, but I think the implication of the supposed semantics is that if we're only ever referring to "Linux" as the kernel itself, then Linus possibly would've seen it.

Not sure if he would've merged it, my knowledge of the kernel development process is a bit lacking - but I thought all the various subsystems of the kernel had their own maintainers who handled merging patches.

[–] Salix 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not sure if he would’ve merged it, my knowledge of the kernel development process is a bit lacking - but I thought all the various subsystems of the kernel had their own maintainers who handled merging patches.

Per this:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/2.Process.html#how-patches-get-into-the-kernel

There is exactly one person who can merge patches into the mainline kernel repository: Linus Torvalds.

When the merge window opens, top-level maintainers will ask Linus to "pull" the patches they have selected for merging from their repositories. If Linus agrees, the stream of patches will flow up into his repository, becoming part of the mainline kernel.

While there are top level maintainers for the subsystems, it looks like Linus is the only one who can merge them into the mainline kernel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, makes sense! That's a great read, I've been meaning to read more into their development process!

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