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Re:Is 2021 the Year of the Linux Desktop? by sneak on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:51AM (#28583603)
Interesting sidenote: both ChromeOS devices and iOS devices (and, to some extent, macs), as well as all consoles, are sold as single bundled hardware+software integrated products.

There's very little computing done where the hardware is not designed with the software in mind and vice versa.

The days of "software x running on hardware platform y" might be behind us for the majority of the planet's population.

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Re:Is 2021 the Year of the Linux Desktop? by quantumsolace on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:59AM (#28583641)
Already is. There must be more smartphones and tablet users than personal computer users in the world. Simply because a person who use a PC but doesn't have a smartphone (hyper nerds like Stallman, or ppl who have very particular jobs that give them the freedom not to have a smartphone) are outnumbered by those who have a tablet or smartphone but not a PC (my 94 year old grandma)
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Re:Is 2021 the Year of the Linux Desktop? by sneak on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:13AM (#28583713)
The majority of smartphones, I believe, can have other software loaded on to them, if the user so desires.
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Re:Is 2021 the Year of the Linux Desktop? by Darmody on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:15AM (#28583720)
Yes, but most of the time you're bound to proprietary blobs or some things won't work.
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Re:Is 2021 the Year of the Linux Desktop? by quantumsolace on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:16AM (#28583725)
True, but consider that the vast majority of Android users have no clue how to do that.
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