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> If somebody does to desktops like what Google did for smartphones, [...] Somebody does to desktops what Google did for smartphone. The company is called Micr

by pyrale 2y ago

> If somebody does to desktops like what Google did for smartphones, [...] Somebody does to desktops what Google did for smartphone. The company is called Microsoft, and the behaviour is called blatant monopoly abuse.

kube-system 2y ago
I'm referring to Linux being the basis of Android.
- ChocolateGod 2y ago
  Outside of the Linux kernel, there is very little shared technology between Android and the Linux desktops. They didn't even use the same graphics drivers till late.
  - kube-system 2y ago
    > Outside of the Linux kernel, there is very little shared technology between Android and the Linux desktops. lol... so, all of it? Linux is a kernel. Regardless, my point had absolutely nothing to do with technology. Android's popularity has absolutely nothing to do with Linux and/or what it shipped with or didn't ship with. Its popularity has everything to do with the fact that it shipped preinstalled on devices that people bought. Linux isn't going to become popular on desktops until it is shipped on desktops.
    - ChocolateGod 2y ago
      A lot of netbooks back in the day did ship with a Linux distro pre-installed, and you know what people did? Replaced them with Windows. Because the Linux desktop is and continues to be a sup-bar experience for the average joe. GNOME requires a modification to even run Discord properly, but anyone who points this out gets shouted at.
      - kube-system 2y ago
        I was those people. I bought the original eee 701 at launch. I ordered it online because local stores didn't stock them. Xandros sucked not because it ran linux, but just because it was some little-tikes toy OS. But Windows didn't even run correctly on the damn thing either, because the 480px vertical height of the screen wasn't tall enough to fit the minimum height of many windows. The device was basically a toy for nerds, no normal person would have picked up one of these devices and thought "this is a computer I can use for real things" People don't not use Linux because they've considered it and found out that their applications won't run on it. They don't use it because they've not considered it at all, because 99%+ of people do not choose the OS on their computer. They go to the electronics store and buy a Dell, HP, Acer, Lenovo, or Apple. There's no Asus Eee running Xandros at my local Best Buy, and if there ever was, it wasn't on the shelf for very long.

by pyrale 2y ago

kube-system 2y ago

I'm referring to Linux being the basis of Android.

ChocolateGod 2y ago
Outside of the Linux kernel, there is very little shared technology between Android and the Linux desktops. They didn't even use the same graphics drivers till late.
- kube-system 2y ago
  > Outside of the Linux kernel, there is very little shared technology between Android and the Linux desktops. lol... so, all of it? Linux is a kernel. Regardless, my point had absolutely nothing to do with technology. Android's popularity has absolutely nothing to do with Linux and/or what it shipped with or didn't ship with. Its popularity has everything to do with the fact that it shipped preinstalled on devices that people bought. Linux isn't going to become popular on desktops until it is shipped on desktops.
  - ChocolateGod 2y ago
    A lot of netbooks back in the day did ship with a Linux distro pre-installed, and you know what people did? Replaced them with Windows. Because the Linux desktop is and continues to be a sup-bar experience for the average joe. GNOME requires a modification to even run Discord properly, but anyone who points this out gets shouted at.
    - kube-system 2y ago
      I was those people. I bought the original eee 701 at launch. I ordered it online because local stores didn't stock them. Xandros sucked not because it ran linux, but just because it was some little-tikes toy OS. But Windows didn't even run correctly on the damn thing either, because the 480px vertical height of the screen wasn't tall enough to fit the minimum height of many windows. The device was basically a toy for nerds, no normal person would have picked up one of these devices and thought "this is a computer I can use for real things" People don't not use Linux because they've considered it and found out that their applications won't run on it. They don't use it because they've not considered it at all, because 99%+ of people do not choose the OS on their computer. They go to the electronics store and buy a Dell, HP, Acer, Lenovo, or Apple. There's no Asus Eee running Xandros at my local Best Buy, and if there ever was, it wasn't on the shelf for very long.