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> Laptops and 2-1 devices are the future desktop, and Linux has hardly won there. That is more due to how OEMs lock out non-windows OSes from running on their
by geezerjay 8y ago
> Laptops and 2-1 devices are the future desktop, and Linux has hardly won there.
That is more due to how OEMs lock out non-windows OSes from running on their hardware. If users were given a choice, the "windows tax" alone would be enough to convince people to give linux a try, particularly in the low-end segment.
- pjmlp 8y agoiOS and Android are non-windows OSes.
- geezerjay 8y agoI'm sure you are aware that: * Android is technically linux, but typically smartphones are locked in. * All apple products are notoriously locked in.
- pjmlp 8y agoI'm sure you are aware that: - Linux is an implementation detail in Android, isn't exposed to userspace (not part of Java/NDK official APIs), Treble made it even less upstream like and who knows, it might even be replaced by Fuchsia's Zirkon - Apple products being locked in doesn't have anything to do with laptops and 2-1 devices being the future desktops