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On the other hand, without web apps I'm pretty sure I couldn't daily drive linux since most companies don't care enough to build apps for linux and even if they
by SahAssar 6y ago
On the other hand, without web apps I'm pretty sure I couldn't daily drive linux since most companies don't care enough to build apps for linux and even if they did I'd rather not have to install an app for every tool/service I use.
I think this article is all wrong. Using the web as an app platform means that people can use any OS that runs a modern web browser. It is also possible to package web apps as offline capable apps (either via service-workers or just files opened with file:// like classic HTA's).
- selfhoster11 6y agoWeb browsers usurped the OS layer and displaced the local OS (Mac, Linux, Windows) into the layer where the hypervisor traditionally used to be. The real OS is Google Chrome/Firefox, and your local OS is just a para(?)virtualisation/driver layer. That's not a victory for Linux, though it does mean that it becomes a better daily driver than it was before web apps took over.
- SahAssar 6y agoIf we take what you said as fact it means that the "OS layer" is more standardized and more compatible between platforms. It means that we have a common target that works for both FOSS users (FF/Chromium on linux) and for closed platforms (Edge on Win, Safari on OSX) and even the two large mobile platforms. In that way it levels the playing field and gives FOSS platforms a better chance. How many of the people who daily drive linux today do you think could have if the web was only a text/document consumption platform? At least in the group of people I know it would be far less.