This question presumes that "the linux desktop hasn't happened". Something that is very much a definition issue. * What is "happened"? Millions of people use L

This question presumes that "the linux desktop hasn't happened". Something that is very much a definition issue. * What is "happened"? Millions of people use Linux on their desktop. Probably more people (absolute numbers) use Linux today, than windows3.11 back then. Does that mean windows3.11 never "happened"? * What is "Linux desktop"? Is chromebook a Linux desktop? A raspberry-pie? A laptop? The terminal on the counter of some large bank or PoS in a large shop? What also strikes me in this, is that it used to be "the year of linux", until Linux emerged in every niche as clear "winner" (firmware, mobile, terminals, servers, supercomputers), at which moment the meme pivoted from "year of Linux" into "year of the Linux Desktop". I'm not saying OP is doing this, but I have a strong feeling the phrase "year of Linux on the desktop" is mostly used by people who want to show that Linux is failing. Edit: which it clearly is not: Linux is Open Source. Open Source has "won" the very moment one person is using it successfully. The fact that I'm typing this on my Linux machine means that Linux "won"; don't forget that Open Source software has no- or at least a very different business model than most closed-source software: success is not (nessecarily) defined by "market share".