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>Maybe we've seen "peak Free Software" I think this is definitely true. So much stuff has move to "the cloud" or web services, and honestly, open-source softw
by magduf 8y ago
>Maybe we've seen "peak Free Software"
I think this is definitely true. So much stuff has move to "the cloud" or web services, and honestly, open-source software was a lot more interesting and fun, and seemed to be on more of an upward trajectory, back in the early/mid 2000s. Now Linux on the desktop seems to be something that'll never be reality for regular people and the main open-source thing that seems to be hot is stuff like Docker and Kubernetes, stuff used in enterprise scenarios, while on the desktop everyone's just given up and decided to live with Windows 10 and its spyware or Macbooks and their overly-thin keyboards and buggy OS.
- washadjeffmad 8y agoReducing platform dependence seems to have removed a great deal of the barrier of consumer adoption of desktop Linux. I see more people all the time trying to figure out how to get it running on their MBPs, trying to understand differences in desktop environments, and how to dual-boot. Browsers on Linux support DRM for viewing popular services like Netflix, and native graphics stack development is improving more rapidly all the time. VFIO with LookingGlass has been great for people who work on Linux and game on Windows, and I think that paves the way for a very interesting future. Perhaps one day we'll see a Windows Gaming container that just does a useful thing without trying to steal the show. Also, FOSS acceptance is so commonplace now that we no longer notice its pervasiveness. Try to find a software or service that doesn't have an open source clause or a succeeding software company that totally eschews it. It might not be front and center in the marketing, but open source is as essential an ingredient in today's development as public access to books is to a more equally literate society.