Re:Little Things That Made Amiga Great
by pjmlp on Sunday November 29, 2020 @04:37PM
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Finally given up on "Year of Desktop Linux"?
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Re:Little Things That Made Amiga Great
by otabdeveloper4 on Monday November 30, 2020 @04:26AM
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I've been running desktop Linux for 20 years, but this isn't a hill I'm gonna die on. Kernel and userland developers treat Linux as a server OS first and foremost, and that's where the funding goes.
The year of Desktop Linux arrived for me about a decade ago. Now I work, game, watch movies, edit graphics and photos, all on Linux.
I like and want the powerful combination of the CLI and GUI applications.
The point of "Linux on the desktop" was not that it happens for you and the other commenter, but that Linux becomes mainstream. :) Never happened and unless something extraordinary occurs it likely never will. And Android doesn't count, obviously.
True. But it also has the connotation that Linux is "not good enough" for the desktop, and this is false. Popularity has a lot of factors, sadly. A user-friendly Linux like Ubuntu is indeed "good enough" and has been so for years.
Finally met one of the happy 1% from Steam surveys.
Also GOG and Humble Bundle ;)
It's generally a joy to use Linux. In some cases (like HP LaserJet printers) even more painless than Windows and macOS!