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So will this be the year of the Linux desktop?

by tus666 3y ago

maxrf 3y ago
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moffkalast 3y ago
Every year is the year of Linux desktop :P
- einpoklum 3y ago
  Desktop Linux is: * Easy (and gratis) to obtain * Easy to install, these days, on most machines * Behaves nicely out of the box - usually, with most popular distributions * Has good software catering to most user's daily needs, and is well-internationalized and well-localized for the most part. * Looks nice :-) So, yes, I'd say that these days, every year is the year of the Linux Desktop.
  - skydhash 3y ago
    Installed linuxmint on an old mac mini 2011 and it work quite well. When I think about the tiny desktop format, I believe you can put linux mint on it and got a great general desktop that way, more reliable than a laptop.
layer8 3y ago
Nope, I’ve been informed it’s the year of the dragon. Looking at the list, there doesn’t seem to be a year of the Linux desktop.
- gigglesupstairs 3y ago
  So, Dragon Linux?
diggan 3y ago
I'm fairly confident that yes, this will be the year of the Linux desktop: 2024 = 20 | 24 20 x 3 + 16 = 76, which is the ASCII value of 'L'. 24 x 3 + 12 = 84, which is the ASCII value of 'T'. = LT = Linux Torvalds
- seanthemon 3y ago
  I'm so thankful for the mathematicians of HN! Hear hear! Year of Linux!
  - quickthrower2 3y ago
    Always has been (the linux desktop is the terminal!)
- abhinavstarts 3y ago
  It's fun I know. I want to know why you multiplied them with 3 and then added by 16 & 12 respectively. Any relation
  - zdc1 3y ago
    I assume its because using 16 & 15 hasn't worked since 2023, and likewise only 16 & 9 will work for 2025
  - diggan 3y ago
    A mathematician never reveals their secrets! Good thing for you I ain't a mathematician and barely finished high school! I started out with wanting to get 76 and 84 by multiplying with 3 (because 3 is a magic number), then just adding whatever to get the number I wanted. Yes, it's all a sham and a bamboozle. I'm sorry to let you down.
SushiHippie 3y ago
Maybe the decade of linux desktop
BonitaPersona 3y ago
again!
c0balt 3y ago
It will take a few more years for Chromebooks to take over parts of the Windows market share. It's sad but the Steam Deck and Chromebooks are most likely the closest the Linux Desktop will ever come in the next decades.

So will this be the year of the Linux desktop?

by tus666 3y ago

So will this be the year of the Linux desktop?

maxrf 3y ago

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moffkalast 3y ago

Every year is the year of Linux desktop :P

einpoklum 3y ago
Desktop Linux is: * Easy (and gratis) to obtain * Easy to install, these days, on most machines * Behaves nicely out of the box - usually, with most popular distributions * Has good software catering to most user's daily needs, and is well-internationalized and well-localized for the most part. * Looks nice :-) So, yes, I'd say that these days, every year is the year of the Linux Desktop.
- skydhash 3y ago
  Installed linuxmint on an old mac mini 2011 and it work quite well. When I think about the tiny desktop format, I believe you can put linux mint on it and got a great general desktop that way, more reliable than a laptop.

layer8 3y ago

Nope, I’ve been informed it’s the year of the dragon. Looking at the list, there doesn’t seem to be a year of the Linux desktop.

gigglesupstairs 3y ago
So, Dragon Linux?

diggan 3y ago

I'm fairly confident that yes, this will be the year of the Linux desktop: 2024 = 20 | 24 20 x 3 + 16 = 76, which is the ASCII value of 'L'. 24 x 3 + 12 = 84, which is the ASCII value of 'T'. = LT = Linux Torvalds

seanthemon 3y ago
I'm so thankful for the mathematicians of HN! Hear hear! Year of Linux!
- quickthrower2 3y ago
  Always has been (the linux desktop is the terminal!)
abhinavstarts 3y ago
It's fun I know. I want to know why you multiplied them with 3 and then added by 16 & 12 respectively. Any relation
- zdc1 3y ago
  I assume its because using 16 & 15 hasn't worked since 2023, and likewise only 16 & 9 will work for 2025
- diggan 3y ago
  A mathematician never reveals their secrets! Good thing for you I ain't a mathematician and barely finished high school! I started out with wanting to get 76 and 84 by multiplying with 3 (because 3 is a magic number), then just adding whatever to get the number I wanted. Yes, it's all a sham and a bamboozle. I'm sorry to let you down.

SushiHippie 3y ago

Maybe the decade of linux desktop

BonitaPersona 3y ago

again!

c0balt 3y ago

It will take a few more years for Chromebooks to take over parts of the Windows market share. It's sad but the Steam Deck and Chromebooks are most likely the closest the Linux Desktop will ever come in the next decades.