So I like this MacOS feature where your cursor displays in large. I was hoping if anyone knew of such software that replicates this functionality for Linux. Considering MacOS and Linux are both Unix, and libraries are different, could X or Wayland help replicate this?

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    • lankybiker@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Well you win, this looks like exactly what’s been asked for. Seems pretty cool will give it a try

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        Gnome is the desktop environment. You may have gnome already installed if that’s what your OS uses, otherwise you probably have KDE. There are others but those are the 2 big ones.

        The Desktop Environment is what gives the OS its look, and typically which GUI programs are installed by default.

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            That’s just scratching the surface. You can go even deeper and „make your own” desktop environment. Desktop environment is kind of like a pack of software that has a cohesive look and feel. You can leave that and pick and choose programs on your own and configure them to your liking. You can configure KDE or gnome, but this gives you even more control :)

            Look up unixporn and see what’s possible 😋

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        gnome may be the desktop environment, depending on your distro. it looks like this:

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        if your desktop looks like that, it’s gnome (Pop_! OS, Ubuntu/Kubuntu, and a few others come with it by default)

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          None of the GNOME distros use this version anymore actually… GNOME changed its design with version 40 onwards

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        Gnome is a desktop environment for Linux. It does not come with gnome out of the box and needs to be installed by the user as it is a extension.