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why would I need some androidx library on my linux desktop? And why is the text only centered horizontally ?

To center inside that height modifier, use `.fillMaxHeight().wrapContentHeight()`

To answer your first question, Compose, and many adjacent libraries, were originally created for Android and so use the `androidx` package name.

They then became not Android specific anymore, but there was no reason to change the package names.

I also work on a desktop app and it’s full of “android” in imports, even though it has nothing to do with Android. It’s nothing to worry about though, it’s just a historical artifact of the naming.