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Isn't 2019 the year of Linux on the desktop? :) I'm willing to put up 100CAD that it won't ship this year.
by NedIsakoff 8y ago
Isn't 2019 the year of Linux on the desktop? :)
I'm willing to put up 100CAD that it won't ship this year.
- scns 8y agoIf you lose you should Sonate the money to them
- NedIsakoff 8y agoIf they ship a final product by 2019-12-31, I'll donate 500CAD to any charity they pick
- georgyo 8y agoTo quantify this now. Are you counting a final product as them going GA, allowing anyone to buy and get one? Or are you counting a final product one that you do not consider beta. The latter is very open to interpretation.
- NedIsakoff 8y agoGoing GA and shipping to customers.
- socceroos 8y agoHow about you commit to buying their device if they do ship it this year. I'd read those blog posts about your experience - along with any doses of humble pie you ~may~ have to eat.
- NedIsakoff 8y agoI'll commit to buying one.
- acct1771 8y agoPlease do this.
- vertexFarm 8y agoPardon my ignorance but what is the criteria for a linux desktop being a thing? Is it a certain minimum market share? There's plenty of linux desktops out there. There is certainly a ways to go, I'm not trying to deny that, I'm just wondering what constitutes a successful linux desktop. User-friendliness? Where are the goalposts exactly?
- FigBug 8y agoI think "year of Linux on the desktop" is mostly an old Slashdot meme. There are no specific goalposts, it's just used to make fun of Linux adoption.
- 8bitsrule 8y agoAs with many fine things, not everything in life is about how many people are ... , but who is. To bend Obama's words a bit: If you’ve got a computer business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.
- fxfan 8y agoThat was 2016. With wsl ;). Oh wait, the year of gnu on desktop I meant. And the year when Linux could drop any hope of being used on desktop.
- aldoushuxley001 8y agoI'd take you up on that bet. The Librem 5 will ship this year.