Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file manager and theming

Re:Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file ma... by aw4y on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:26PM (#50416798)

nice project, bad naming :)

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Re:Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file ma... by hmokiguess on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:34PM (#50416890)

why?

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Re:Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file ma... by Tox46 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:44PM (#50417010)

ever heard of some Italian guy named Benito Mussolini?

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Re:Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file ma... by duttish on Sunday November 08, 2026 @04:25PM (#50417455)

As I understand it he used "Il Duce"? Which makes this feel like a stretch.

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Re:Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file ma... by syjer on Sunday November 08, 2026 @04:34PM (#50417545)

He also used the latin form Dux. (there are statues and motto with that term).

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Re:Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file ma... by mahboi on Sunday November 08, 2026 @05:11PM (#50417926)

Whatever, just means leader

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Re:Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file ma... by carlob on Sunday November 08, 2026 @05:18PM (#50417990)

So does führer

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Re:Dux: Free, open-source Wayland desktop shell with file ma... by ssernikk on Sunday November 08, 2026 @04:37PM (#50417577)

It just means a leader or a guide in latin IIRC

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