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I always get a little annoyed at "X is not the future" post because we don't live in the future, we live now. Much as we like to personalize them, computers ar
by tombert 3y ago
I always get a little annoyed at "X is not the future" post because we don't live in the future, we live now.
Much as we like to personalize them, computers are tools that we use to get things done, and Flatpak is among the better things we have right now for dealing with the awfulness of Linux packages. If a better thing comes in the future I'll use that.
- phalf 3y agoBut this is Hacker News where people who build things hang out. If you are fine with the state of the world and are not involved in advancing it, good for you, you can close this discussion. But many people around here are building the next things. And in that context it makes sense to think about what's the future and what's not.
- delfinom 3y agoYou sound like every other person responsible for the rampant NIHism in Linux and the reason why the "year of the Linux desktop" is in the year 6002 at this rate.
- mid-kid 3y agoI swear the only people going on about the "year of the linux desktop" are its detractors.
- phalf 3y agoSorry, I don't see how my post relates to NIHism. Could you elaborate?
- biasedestimate 3y agoIf "the year of the linux desktop" requires turning linux into a windows/macos clone, I am happy to postpone it.
- regularjack 3y ago> Flatpak calls itself “the future of application distribution”. The post is making the author's case against this claim, so I think the title makes sense.
- joseph_grobbles 3y ago[dead]