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Re:Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival by nailer on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @10:39AM (#12173129)
> Linux has tons of native applications in just about every category.

Cool. Where's Word, Tinder, Instagram, Google Maps, Google Mail, Outlook and WhatsApp?

I think there's a Linux Spotify, so you've got that.

I love Linux (I'm ex Red Hat and IBM's Linux team) but Linux (as mentioned, Linux/glibc/X/whatever) lacks apps.

> Is that a troll?

Seriously?

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Re:Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival by squeaky-clean on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @11:44AM (#12173739)
> Cool. Where's Word, Tinder, Instagram, Google Maps, Google Mail, Outlook and WhatsApp?

Where are any of these apps on Windows or OSX? Word is the only one with a native app, the rest are either mobile only, or browser based.

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Re:Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival by nailer on Thursday July 28, 2016 @11:33AM (#12180851)
Well yes, desktop computing is dying. Hence suggesting Android.
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