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Re:Microsoft’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downlo... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:20PM (#29421917)
> I would imagine surely there’s a distro that is just as functional as what you’re imagining Haiku will be one day right?

You can imagine it all you want, like most things that are pure fantasy.

> The main issue I find with Linux is app support but that would be worse again with Haiku.

There are other issues that I consider important. Things like how application management works, coherency of the platform, stability of ABIs, simplicity of the platform, non-bloatedness, lack of fashion-oriented design, etc.

Re:Microsoft’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downlo... by procinct on Thursday December 02, 2021 @04:00PM (#29422486)
This is a pretty uncharitable interpretation of my comment. I currently don’t even use Linux on desktop (though I have in the past). Like I said, Haiku is very cool, and I love the idea behind it and Serenity, but in terms of what is closer to a useable desktop, I think it is still a while off, and will always suffer from app support (if that isn’t as important to you as it is to me that’s fine).

I do agree though that all of the Linux distros that are aimed at being minimalist aren’t simple (e.g Arch).

Though there are some like Puppy Linux which I think have quite cool ideas around it.

Please refrain from projecting whatever ideas you have around “Linux desktop people” onto me.