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You were comemnting on a blogpost from a person that thinks that linux on desktop is a thing. Well no it is not.

KGIII 9y ago
It is a thing. It's a very small thing, but a thing regardless. Some of us have used Linux on the desktop since the 90s.
- holydude 9y ago
  No it is not. Not even chromebooks are a thing. Android is a thing and if they try enough the might turn it into a desktop alternative.
  - KGIII 9y ago
    What do you suppose I'm typing this on?
  - acmecorps 9y ago
    Dude, how pretentious are you? I'm writing this on a Acer Chromebook, btw, which I absolutely love.
  - orf 9y ago
    Linux on the desktop is a thing. At my previous job all the consultants (100+) used a custom distro based off Mint/Kali, with a Windows VM. It's a thing. Might not be your thing, but its a thing nonetheless.
isostatic 9y ago
My desktop has been running Linux for 18 years
- Numberwang 9y ago
  I own a pair of clogs. Still, I'd hesitate to call it a thing.
raarts 9y ago
It was my desktop from '95 'till 2008. Then - tired of the always recurring wrestle with drivers and multimedia - I bought a MacBook. Never looked back.
- cptskippy 9y ago
  1995-2008? That is some serious self flagellation. I have tried to use various Linux desktops from 2000 onward and, while they have improved immensely over the years, I can't see using one as my daily driver even today.
johnramsden 9y ago
I guess I've been doing all my work and getting all my computing desktop needs from an imaginary box then.
beagle3 9y ago
More than one in 30 users is using Linux on the desktop. That does NOT include ChromeOS (which you may or may not classify as running a Linux desktop - I do not). That's a "thing", much more so than e.g. Windows Phone market share, or the Baha'i religion. [0] https://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/09/01/1639250/linux-desktop-market-share-crosses-3 https://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/09/01/1639250/linux-desk...

It is a thing. It's a very small thing, but a thing regardless. Some of us have used Linux on the desktop since the 90s.

holydude 9y ago
No it is not. Not even chromebooks are a thing. Android is a thing and if they try enough the might turn it into a desktop alternative.
- KGIII 9y ago
  What do you suppose I'm typing this on?
- acmecorps 9y ago
  Dude, how pretentious are you? I'm writing this on a Acer Chromebook, btw, which I absolutely love.
- orf 9y ago
  Linux on the desktop is a thing. At my previous job all the consultants (100+) used a custom distro based off Mint/Kali, with a Windows VM. It's a thing. Might not be your thing, but its a thing nonetheless.

isostatic 9y ago

My desktop has been running Linux for 18 years

Numberwang 9y ago
I own a pair of clogs. Still, I'd hesitate to call it a thing.

raarts 9y ago

It was my desktop from '95 'till 2008. Then - tired of the always recurring wrestle with drivers and multimedia - I bought a MacBook. Never looked back.

cptskippy 9y ago
1995-2008? That is some serious self flagellation. I have tried to use various Linux desktops from 2000 onward and, while they have improved immensely over the years, I can't see using one as my daily driver even today.

johnramsden 9y ago

I guess I've been doing all my work and getting all my computing desktop needs from an imaginary box then.

beagle3 9y ago

More than one in 30 users is using Linux on the desktop. That does NOT include ChromeOS (which you may or may not classify as running a Linux desktop - I do not). That's a "thing", much more so than e.g. Windows Phone market share, or the Baha'i religion. [0] https://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/09/01/1639250/linux-desktop-market-share-crosses-3 https://linux.slashdot.org/story/17/09/01/1639250/linux-desk...