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This will surely be the year of the Linux desktop.

by lexandstuff 4y ago

gryn 4y ago
has been the case for me for more than 5 years.
- nunodonato 4y ago
  20 years here, going fine :) But I guess the joke never ends
  - labster 4y ago
    No, 20 years is the fusion power joke, not the year of the linux desktop joke
    - MikeTheGreat 4y ago
      I thought that fusion is 40 years away, and has been every year for the past 50 years? :) The "Year Of The Linux Desktop" has been a thing since at least the heyday of Slashdot, which would put it at 20-ish years. Unless that was intended as a humorous joke? Your post, I mean - not the Year Of the Linux Desktop, :)
      - labster 4y ago
        My post was less of a joke than Windows 11 is. But probably funnier.
AdamN 4y ago
Once Infrastructure Week is finished ... just a little bit longer
HeckFeck 4y ago
You can even install PowerShell for your command line and you'll feel right at home!
- Zuiii 4y ago
  Sure you can but what about cmdlets? Do we have an open source "coreutil" that offers reasonable compatibility with the standard powershell environment?
MagicMoonlight 4y ago
I can run pretty much any game out of the box, even random games that nobody would ever have optimised for linux. The time of the desktop has come.
- zamalek 4y ago
  It sometimes does a better job than Windows at running Windows games.
- ChickenNugger 4y ago
  Serious question: Did you play the Diablo IV open beta weekend? (It's live for 4 more hours). I did, on my Windows 10 box. The issue isn't random games that no one would ever have optimized, the issue is bleeding edge games that most people want to play, and play right now. If you didn't, can you? If (the royal) you can't, get started in the time remaining, download speeds allowing, the year of the Linux desktop isn't here.
  - COGlory 4y ago
    From the great grandparent - they did play the Diablo 4 beta on Ubuntu. >And the kicker? Blizzard's recently opened beta of Diablo 4 just worked. As in, I clicked install, clicked play, and it just worked. Perfectly. As if I were still running under Windows. I've never before seen such sorcery.
permo-w 4y ago
I'm sure that's never been said before

This will surely be the year of the Linux desktop.

gryn 4y ago

has been the case for me for more than 5 years.

nunodonato 4y ago
20 years here, going fine :) But I guess the joke never ends
- labster 4y ago
  No, 20 years is the fusion power joke, not the year of the linux desktop joke
  - MikeTheGreat 4y ago
    I thought that fusion is 40 years away, and has been every year for the past 50 years? :) The "Year Of The Linux Desktop" has been a thing since at least the heyday of Slashdot, which would put it at 20-ish years. Unless that was intended as a humorous joke? Your post, I mean - not the Year Of the Linux Desktop, :)
    - labster 4y ago
      My post was less of a joke than Windows 11 is. But probably funnier.

AdamN 4y ago

Once Infrastructure Week is finished ... just a little bit longer

HeckFeck 4y ago

You can even install PowerShell for your command line and you'll feel right at home!

Zuiii 4y ago
Sure you can but what about cmdlets? Do we have an open source "coreutil" that offers reasonable compatibility with the standard powershell environment?

MagicMoonlight 4y ago

I can run pretty much any game out of the box, even random games that nobody would ever have optimised for linux. The time of the desktop has come.

zamalek 4y ago
It sometimes does a better job than Windows at running Windows games.
ChickenNugger 4y ago
Serious question: Did you play the Diablo IV open beta weekend? (It's live for 4 more hours). I did, on my Windows 10 box. The issue isn't random games that no one would ever have optimized, the issue is bleeding edge games that most people want to play, and play right now. If you didn't, can you? If (the royal) you can't, get started in the time remaining, download speeds allowing, the year of the Linux desktop isn't here.
- COGlory 4y ago
  From the great grandparent - they did play the Diablo 4 beta on Ubuntu. >And the kicker? Blizzard's recently opened beta of Diablo 4 just worked. As in, I clicked install, clicked play, and it just worked. Perfectly. As if I were still running under Windows. I've never before seen such sorcery.

permo-w 4y ago

I'm sure that's never been said before