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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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[–] qwesx@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In the vast overwhelming amount of cases tooltips show additional information that you cannot see from clicking on something or provide an explanation to an option that isn't available without scrounging through a manual. None of those apply here.

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago

Tooltips show the full title of the tab, which is useful if the title is long, the tabs are small because there are a lot of them, or it's a pinned tab

[–] d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago

The page title isn't necessarily visible on the web page that sets the title.

Clicking is not always a simple task.

I shouldn't have to leave my current page just to figure out what another tab is.

Again, just because you feel something is useless or easily avoided doesn't mean that all internet users feel the same.