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Year of the Linux Desktop!! /s

• hvgk 5y ago
  If that happens I’m going to eat my mac mini for lunch.
• GhettoComputers 5y ago
  Does it matter? Most servers and phones run Linux. My damn Sony DSLR runs android. Desktops are dying Linux won.
  • faho 5y ago
    Does that matter? Android could switch to Fuchsia and there would barely be a way to tell. Any server you contact can run whatever it pleases and you'll be none the wiser (unless you get a web server error or go spelunking). The kernel is a very unimportant part of it. So while Linux with a capital-L has "won", the free/open ethos surrounding it certainly hasn't - to my chagrin.
    • GhettoComputers 5y ago
      These are hypotheticals that are fantasies, will it matter if a meteor hits the earth? >So while Linux with a capital-L has "won", the free/open ethos surrounding it certainly hasn't - to my chagrin. Who do you think develops and sponsor Linux? I am excited for android using a mainline kernel, I have been using it as a mobile linux computer for years. Its easy to open, I would prefer boneless chicken but chicken is fine too.
  • BrazzVuvuzela 5y ago
    > Linux won. But does it matter, when most of it is tivoized? What did we, the users, actually gain from all these linux kernels being inside locked down devices?
    • GhettoComputers 5y ago
      Good software. Are you going to argue that most people would be happier with GNU/Linux on their phone over android?
      • fsflover 5y ago
        I would say that yes, in the long term. GNU/Linux on a phone does not have planned obsolescence and allows running desktop apps, connecting it to a screen and keyboard for desktop mode. I'm daily driving such phone (Pinephone). It's rough at the moment but getting good enough quickly.
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