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Not only does GNU/Linux appear to be unkillable, it always seems to take over every single market niche overlooked by larger, established players promoting full
by cs702 8y ago
Not only does GNU/Linux appear to be unkillable, it always seems to take over every single market niche overlooked by larger, established players promoting fully or partially proprietary stacks. And in many cases, these niche markets end up being quite large or even mainstream. Amazing.
- dontbenebby 8y agoWe spent so long waiting for linux on the desktop. Turns out insurgency was the best strategy: sit back, launch a few attacks, and wait for the desktop to die ;)
- pjmlp 8y agoThe desktop has been replaced by laptops and 2-1 foldables, it won't die that easily, specially since Android apps on tablets and 2-1 keep beinging maximized phone apps.
- JetSpiegel 8y ago> The desktop has been replaced by laptops and 2-1 foldables Whoa, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Pholdables are not even being sold yet, let alone "replacing the desktop".
- Alupis 8y agoI think the parent meant 2-1 foldable laptops. Laptops that convert to tablets. They certainly are pretty nice... writing this from an HP Specter x360 ;)
- pjmlp 8y agoSure they are, I mean devices like the Surface.
- JetSpiegel 8y agoAh, not pholdables, laptablets? We need more classes of devices!
- Can_Not 8y agoMy last 3 computers were all foldable laptops. My current foldable laptop is a Dell with 4k screen and nvidia graphics card and digital pen.
- amenod 8y agoIn other words - while there is Linux running in the background (what is left of it anyway), it benefits mostly tech behemots. Not only that, the user is left with virtually no control over the OS. Good luck trying to change OS on your latest Android phone - sure, with a combination of effort and compromises you can actualy do it, but it turns out the phone is almost unusable without the (proprietary) Google Play and related services. And now Google generously writes a check for $20M to KaiOS... No strings attached I'm sure. It makes me sad that the phone platforms are not free (not just as beer, but especially free as in freedom). It makes me furious that "smaller" players (Sony and the like) weren't strong and smart enough to step together and create an open platform that would avoid Google's control. But I guess when you are strong enough to do that, you no longer have the incentive to. So the users are left with a bunch of bad options... Basically, we are free to choose one or more of: walled garden, data stealing^W^Wadvertising, spyware, UX disaster. Nice. </rant>