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> 2022 a year of Linux desktop Has anything at all changed in desktop Linux space in past ~10 year to make it more user-friendly to "non-geeks"? I'm using desk

> 2022 a year of Linux desktop Has anything at all changed in desktop Linux space in past ~10 year to make it more user-friendly to "non-geeks"? I'm using desktop Linux and nothing comes to mind. > Dynamic typing becomes niche technology choice I wish! > Russia invades a country without admitting that Hmm, I am from that "country" and I think Russia is quite past "Little green men" stage. At the moment they intend to instigate some thinly veiled provocation (read their statements about "it is actually Ukraine who is planning the offensive!" and "undercover American soldiers are preparing to use chemical weapons in Donbass") and go in with official "peacekeeping" mission in order to protect Russian-speaking people of Lugansk/Donetsk from bloodthirsty Ukrainian nazis. Plan B (if no good opportunity for provocation arises) is to just declare that West has crossed their "red lines" and forced their hand to invade in order to protect their security. > Windows 11 becomes even more user hostile and less 'Pro' Already happened? > Laws around refugees become more strict internationally Ditto.

perceptronas 5y ago
>Has anything at all changed in desktop Linux space in past ~10 year to make it more user-friendly to "non-geeks"? I'm using desktop Linux and nothing comes to mind. I meant it more as a joke as every year we expect it to be a year of Linux desktop. Nevertheless, I am quite happy with Linux these days. (I use all three OSes (Linux,Win,Mac) daily/weekly) > Windows 11 becomes even more user hostile and less 'Pro' >>Already happened? I think the progress is there, but I bet there are product managers already working on their KPIs to make it worse for Pro users
- caskstrength 5y ago
  > I meant it more as a joke as every year we expect it to be a year of Linux desktop. Ha! Didn't realize you were joking on this one since your other predictions seemed serious. > Nevertheless, I am quite happy with Linux these days. Me too.
- jopsen 5y ago
  > I meant it more as a joke as every year we expect it to be a year of Linux desktop. Nevertheless, I am quite happy with Linux these days. Now, if only we could have a Beowulf cluster of Linux Desktops! </joke>
tada131 5y ago
> ""country"" this
viraptor 5y ago
> Has anything at all changed in desktop Linux space in past ~10 year to make it more user-friendly to "non-geeks"? Proton / Valve. Steamdeck will bring more people to the ecosystem than anything else. (Yes, to the desktop as well, not just the console)

perceptronas 5y ago

>Has anything at all changed in desktop Linux space in past ~10 year to make it more user-friendly to "non-geeks"? I'm using desktop Linux and nothing comes to mind. I meant it more as a joke as every year we expect it to be a year of Linux desktop. Nevertheless, I am quite happy with Linux these days. (I use all three OSes (Linux,Win,Mac) daily/weekly) > Windows 11 becomes even more user hostile and less 'Pro' >>Already happened? I think the progress is there, but I bet there are product managers already working on their KPIs to make it worse for Pro users

caskstrength 5y ago
> I meant it more as a joke as every year we expect it to be a year of Linux desktop. Ha! Didn't realize you were joking on this one since your other predictions seemed serious. > Nevertheless, I am quite happy with Linux these days. Me too.
jopsen 5y ago
> I meant it more as a joke as every year we expect it to be a year of Linux desktop. Nevertheless, I am quite happy with Linux these days. Now, if only we could have a Beowulf cluster of Linux Desktops! </joke>

tada131 5y ago

> ""country"" this

viraptor 5y ago

> Has anything at all changed in desktop Linux space in past ~10 year to make it more user-friendly to "non-geeks"? Proton / Valve. Steamdeck will bring more people to the ecosystem than anything else. (Yes, to the desktop as well, not just the console)