Is the Linux Desktop Dead? – GUADEC 2019 [video]

Re:Is the Linux Desktop Dead? – GUADEC 2019 [video] by guidedlight on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @04:40AM (#20864685)

I would say so. You can’t even launch a vanilla Linux instance on AWS and connect directly to its desktop, at least without going through lots of hoops.

I blame the KDE vs Gnome fragmentation, and over-customisation.

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Re:Is the Linux Desktop Dead? – GUADEC 2019 [video] by emilsedgh on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @07:39AM (#20865541)

There's a ton of fragmentation on Windows. There are many more toolkits and paradigm's on that platform.

And regarding fragmentation, GTK+ vs. Qt has never been the main issue. It's been different distributions and the fact that app creators cannot ship apps easily to all distro's themselves.

But, I believe, the main issue behind Linux Desktop has always been lack of corporate interest. There was some in early 2000's but never anything serious.

Windows and Mac "are" ecosystems due to financial motivations.

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Re:Is the Linux Desktop Dead? – GUADEC 2019 [video] by gitgud on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @04:54AM (#20864760)

> I blame the KDE vs Gnome fragmentation, and over-customisation.

Fragmentation is one of the double-edged swords of all open-source projects. It leads to greater innovation, at the expense of duplication and wasted efforts.

I would still rather have the freedom to choose and contribute to a fragmented ecosystem, rather than have to be forced to deal with issues in a black-box propitiatory OS with "unclear" motivations...

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