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The original article is: https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/2021-is-the-year-of-linux-on-the-desktop https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/2021-is-the-year-of-linux-on-..
by cloudbonsai 5y ago
The original article is:
https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/2021-is-the-year-of-linux-on-the-desktop https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/2021-is-the-year-of-linux-on-...
The basic thesis of the author was:
1. In 2021, Chromebooks are everywhere.
2. Chrome OS is Linux.
3. Therefore, 2021 is the year of Linux Desktop.
Honestly, I'm not sure this is such a great argument. Isn't it rather like "2021 is the year of Chrome dominance"?
- Foobar8568 5y agoI would say because of WSL, it will be the year of the Linux Desktop, it just works™. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-a...
- lordgroff 5y agoI mean I guess it's trivial (is it? it used to be) to run regular Linux applications on Chrome, so the fact it shares the kernel is useful, but how many people do that?
- twobitshifter 5y agoI agree not a great argument, they even mention the difference between Linux and chromebooks and Android, but call it political. I don’t think it’s political but really technological. Android and off the shelf chromebooks hide Linux away and might as well be a toaster running the Linux kernel. “There's a difference between Linux the technology and "Linux" the political movement, and the political side of Linux has always obscured the practical. Listen to Linux fans all the way back to the 90s, and you hear at worst a mashup of "fight the power" free software advocacy and triumphalist hacker manifestos. But most buyers rank philosophy really low in their purchase choices, behind things like price, ease of use, and software availability.”