![]() ![]() Plus we share some history behind the Linux filesystem and why parts of its layout are duplicated in different directories. Then, in our News section, we talk about improvements coming to the Haiku operating system and report on NVIDIA open sourcing parts of its video drivers. This week we begin with a look at the Quark project and report on what it's like to run this Kubuntu-based distribution. The Quark project aims to provide similar desktop functionality while using Ubuntu as the package base rather than Debian. The Q4OS distribution is based on Debian and offers both KDE Plasma 5 and Trinity as its default desktop sessions. ![]() ![]() One such example of software being kept alive is the Trinity desktop, a fork of KDE 3 which has found a home in a few Linux distributions, most notably Q4OS. New coders can come along and breathe new life into old projects. One of the useful aspects of open source software is that it can be maintained and improved upon long after the original developers have discontinued work on it. Welcome to this year's 20th issue of DistroWatch Weekly! ![]()
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