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With Windows 8, the same thing is happening to Windows, leaving Linux as the only real "desktop" OS. Even there, you have stuff like Unity, but Linux's flexibil
by w1ntermute 14y ago
With Windows 8, the same thing is happening to Windows, leaving Linux as the only real "desktop" OS. Even there, you have stuff like Unity, but Linux's flexibility lets you choose not to use it. This is what my Xubuntu desktop looks like, and I don't intend to change it any time soon: http://i.imgur.com/mVAey.png http://i.imgur.com/mVAey.png
- Derbasti 14y agoI am keeping a keen eye on Linux. I'm not quite disgruntled enough with OS X, but I'm getting there. If Apple and Microsoft will continue on their current trajectory, I am confident that I'll switch over to Linux in two or three years. And I think I won't be the only one. And I think we tech people are always the head of the wave. We are the early adopters. If Apple and Microsoft manage to drive us to Linux en masse, we might just create enough momentum to start a bigger migration. But whatever. Linux is getting more and more interesting to me every year.
- w1ntermute 14y agoHere's a post from yesterday by me about my experiences with Linux on an ultrabook, I think it's quite indicative of the advances we've seen in the Linux PC world over the last 3-5 years: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4848375 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4848375