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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by remir on Monday February 06, 2017 @12:52AM (#13576852)
The comment you quoted was right; people don't care about the OS, they care about their apps. Since Windows is king on the desktop, it would make sense to have an open source "clone" of Windows that will be able to run all the Win32 apps people love. This is exactly what React OS is! Sadly, the project never got the resource and support it deserved. Instead, we have 200+ Linux distros, multiple package manager, DE, etc...

Ironically, the only "distro" that has a real chance of success is Chrome OS, because everything is moving to the web, but also because Google made it ultra simple, secure and zero maintenance. It can also run Android apps, so that's interesting.

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Re:What Killed the Linux Desktop (2012) by pjmlp on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:57AM (#13577723)
And in both cases, Chrome OS and Android, the fact that Linux is running underneath has zero value for the Web and Java developers targeting the respective OS.

Google can replace it by something else and they won't notice.

This is just a Pyrrhic victory, but geeks haven't yet realized it seems.

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