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> I think that... running an alternative environment on already existing hardware is a better goal. I agree, and we know for a fact that it's a good goal becau

> I think that... running an alternative environment on already existing hardware is a better goal. I agree, and we know for a fact that it's a good goal because it's pretty much been the strategy of every desktop Linux distribution for decades. You don't need to own the hardware, you just need to make it work on someone else's.

zanny 12y ago
Consider though that having the software only gets you so far, though. the modern Linux desktop languishes from a lack of any compelling vendor options for Linux powered devices. You don't get mindshare and take over the personal computer world if nobody can get your software. And having to manually install the OS instantly knocks out 99% of potential users. So I do think at this point desktop Linux is at a crossroads where someone really needs to throw the money in to take over the personal computer space that Chromebooks are already dominating. Except instead of ChromeOS, throw around some Fedora, Lubuntu, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, etc devices. Same general idea, just without saying "were Google, use our cloud stuff because your computer can't do anything else", instead "heres a computer that does all the things the Windows machines do, except on ARM CPUs that cost a third as much and don't compromise". I guess for that, though, you need freedreno and lima to get some love so we can finally have some first class mobile GPU Mesa drivers, because the binary blobs are hopeless wrecks even if they ran fine in a classic X or Wayland stack.