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Do we really want "the year of the Linux desktop" though? I can only imagine if Linux went mainstream (for non technical users), big corps would be scrambling t
by umvi 6y ago
Do we really want "the year of the Linux desktop" though? I can only imagine if Linux went mainstream (for non technical users), big corps would be scrambling to put tons of black boxes and DRM enablement into the core OS
- bigbubba 6y agoYou've been downvoted but I agree. We've had a decade of mainstream Linux based smartphones and it sucks. Locked bootloaders, bloatware, proprietary hardware drivers that don't get updates... this is what mainstream Linux usage looks like. "Year of the Linux Desktop" makes people daydream about a world in which everybody is a console cowboy using and loving FOSS software. That's what I used to believe in, but Android convinced me that's a fantasy. If Linux ever won the desktop it would be a pyrrhic victory, like Linux 'winning' smartphones with Android or DVRs with Tivo. Software for the masses would still be locked down proprietary trash, no matter what kernel was used.
- elitepleb 6y agoWe already have that and call it Android. Just wait til all web sites run WASM and WebGL to draw their content, so you can't even copy or hide the text on your screen.
- CameronNemo 6y agoThere are already efforts to integrate DRM deep into the graphics stack, in the kernel and mesa.
- josephcsible 6y agoThere are? Are you sure you're not getting Digital Rights Management and Direct Rendering Manager mixed up?
- CameronNemo 6y agoYep I'm sure. I'm talking about HDCP.