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Not really though. What has happened is that the web has come closer to the desktop not the other way around. It's almost the antithesis to desktop Linux. It's
by uola 10y ago
Not really though. What has happened is that the web has come closer to the desktop not the other way around. It's almost the antithesis to desktop Linux. It's like "the only way we could make Linux mainstream is to ignore anything but the core and run everything in a web browser".
- magicalist 10y agoIt's a bit silly to argue that adding a graphical shell and a widget toolkit is anywhere near an "antithesis to desktop Linux."
- uola 10y agoIn my book a "graphical shell and a widget toolkit" (and its associated ecosystem) is what makes a "desktop" different from e.g. a video game system. ChromeOS wouldn't de facto be very different for users nor applications developers with a windows kernel and windowing system.