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This is a joke, right? If this is the "ultimate" Linux desktop then Desktop Linux has already died. I get what the author is trying to do, but it (along with WM

This is a joke, right? If this is the "ultimate" Linux desktop then Desktop Linux has already died. I get what the author is trying to do, but it (along with WMs like i3) to me feels like we regressed 25 years of desktop computing. I mean, if you're going to do this, then why not just do what I do and run Windows 10 with a bunch of Linux VMs for development? I run a bunch in VMWare 7 in Unity mode and it all works great, all the while I still have a modern and fast OS on top. Put your MSFT hate aside for 10 minutes and see what I'm saying. The Linux Honeymoon won't last very long, all these macOS users jumping ship will return to the motherland soon enough, most Mac users I know WOULD NEVER have the patience or desire to do all this work, hence why they started using Macs in the first place. Regards, A former Mac user running Windows 10

bostand 10y ago
I am not surprised that a Docker core dev wants to run everything in containers, just for the heck of it. What does surprise me is the increasing number of hack-haters on the hackers news.
- chris_wot 10y ago
  Agreed. What the author is doing is really very cool, and I just can't see anyone running Windows 10 ever doing anything similar.
  - dcdevito 10y ago
    Cool? Absolutely. Time consuming? Probably. Worth it? Well....
    - dang 10y ago
      'Just because' is reason enough, especially here.
  - cube2222 10y ago
    To the degree she did? No. But I'm often starting my development tools through docker for windows as it keeps the mess some programs make contained.
- stinos 10y ago
  hack-haters maybe in this case it was not so much directed towards the hack itself, which sure is cool and, erm, hacky, but more towards the clickbaity title announcing something 'ultimate desktop' which indeed isn't what most might consider 'ultimate'
  - wheelerwj 10y ago
    It's ultimate because it gives you complete control and you can build or utilize however you want withou any fear of dependency or environment risk. its the ultimate abstraction.

bostand 10y ago

I am not surprised that a Docker core dev wants to run everything in containers, just for the heck of it. What does surprise me is the increasing number of hack-haters on the hackers news.

chris_wot 10y ago
Agreed. What the author is doing is really very cool, and I just can't see anyone running Windows 10 ever doing anything similar.
- dcdevito 10y ago
  Cool? Absolutely. Time consuming? Probably. Worth it? Well....
  - dang 10y ago
    'Just because' is reason enough, especially here.
- cube2222 10y ago
  To the degree she did? No. But I'm often starting my development tools through docker for windows as it keeps the mess some programs make contained.
stinos 10y ago
hack-haters maybe in this case it was not so much directed towards the hack itself, which sure is cool and, erm, hacky, but more towards the clickbaity title announcing something 'ultimate desktop' which indeed isn't what most might consider 'ultimate'
- wheelerwj 10y ago
  It's ultimate because it gives you complete control and you can build or utilize however you want withou any fear of dependency or environment risk. its the ultimate abstraction.