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I don't think Linux will ever be the dominant desktop OS, but that no longer matters because Desktop is no longer the dominant method of interacting with a comp

I don't think Linux will ever be the dominant desktop OS, but that no longer matters because Desktop is no longer the dominant method of interacting with a computer. You could argue that linux 'won' with Android (and unix 'won' with Android and iOS) but really those OSs are even more locked down than Windows ever was. We won, but also we lost big. MacOS and Windows keep getting worse, though, and Lxqt keeps not surprising me. That's all I need, but I fear for the next generation.

Zhyl 4y ago
>We won, but also we lost big. This is why the Steam Deck is important. It's a reminder that computers work for us and that games are supposed to be fun. It's a shame that the mobile equivalents (Pine Phone, Librem 5) aren't competitive yet.
- EamonnMR 4y ago
  Termux used to be around to make Android feel like I was carrying linux around, but eventually Google (afaik) killed it by breaking everything so now I have JuiceSSH and a raspberry pi. I'm weighing the price of keeping a cloud instance around just to play on when I'm not at home like I used to...
  - Zhyl 4y ago
    Termux is still live and kicking on FDroid. I don't know if there are particular features that you're thinking of that have been nerfed, but I use termux all the time and love it.
  - thesuperbigfrog 4y ago
    Termux is still around and mostly works the same: https://github.com/termux/termux-app https://github.com/termux/termux-app You just have to install it directly from the APK or via f-Droid. I use it on Android 13 for simple mobile development and it works great. For me, Termux is a killer app that makes my Android phone a general purpose pocket computer.
tomComb 4y ago
Unlike with windows or Mac, you can get android as unlocked as you want - just buy one of the brands (like Google’s) that intentionally make it super easy to unlock and install a different Android distro. And since Google releases the full kernel and drivers there are no drivers issues. Some applications, like banking, will refuse to work on systems that aren’t locked down, but they would present the same problem to any Linux system.

Zhyl 4y ago

>We won, but also we lost big. This is why the Steam Deck is important. It's a reminder that computers work for us and that games are supposed to be fun. It's a shame that the mobile equivalents (Pine Phone, Librem 5) aren't competitive yet.

EamonnMR 4y ago
Termux used to be around to make Android feel like I was carrying linux around, but eventually Google (afaik) killed it by breaking everything so now I have JuiceSSH and a raspberry pi. I'm weighing the price of keeping a cloud instance around just to play on when I'm not at home like I used to...
- Zhyl 4y ago
  Termux is still live and kicking on FDroid. I don't know if there are particular features that you're thinking of that have been nerfed, but I use termux all the time and love it.
- thesuperbigfrog 4y ago
  Termux is still around and mostly works the same: https://github.com/termux/termux-app https://github.com/termux/termux-app You just have to install it directly from the APK or via f-Droid. I use it on Android 13 for simple mobile development and it works great. For me, Termux is a killer app that makes my Android phone a general purpose pocket computer.

tomComb 4y ago

Unlike with windows or Mac, you can get android as unlocked as you want - just buy one of the brands (like Google’s) that intentionally make it super easy to unlock and install a different Android distro. And since Google releases the full kernel and drivers there are no drivers issues. Some applications, like banking, will refuse to work on systems that aren’t locked down, but they would present the same problem to any Linux system.