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I think Linux is on the cusp of being up to the task, so not buying a device now with more open than average hardware is a decision worthy of remorse. But a few
by foolmeonce 6y ago
I think Linux is on the cusp of being up to the task, so not buying a device now with more open than average hardware is a decision worthy of remorse. But a few years ago it made little difference unless you considered yourself a psychic for forecasting future vendor behavior.
- reificator 6y ago> I think Linux is on the cusp of being up to the task, so not buying a device now with more open than average hardware is a decision worthy of remorse. You're right, I think 2021 will be the year of the Linux desktop.
- foolmeonce 6y agoLinux is now the best desktop, despite no advances since 1998..
- wyre 6y agoi3 came out in 2009..
- chaosharmonic 6y agoTbf Android is also starting to converge back toward mainline. AOSP is one patch away from booting off of it, assuming you have drivers. To that end, Google is beginning to move the ecosystem toward a generic device kernel, with a set of hardware interfaces for handling those drivers in a standard way across devices. This would enable custom kernels to target a range of compatible devices at once, which (among other things) would then simplify porting over alternative Linux-based OSes. Including the convergent ones we're starting to see pop up on way less impressive hardware.