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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by BlargMcLarg on Sunday December 25, 2022 @03:48PM (#34131073)
Strange article trying to extrapolate a very biased subpopulation and grasping at other aspects to claim this year was "the year of Linux on the desktop". Unix was already dominating anything non-personal and non-mobile. Personal use outside enthusiasts and devs is still a blip on the radar.

If anyone thinks otherwise, ask yourself how Windows continues to get away with such consumer-unfriendly practices.

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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by jacquesm on Sunday December 25, 2022 @03:58PM (#34131161)
Unix has been absolutely dominant on mobile for years now.
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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by pjmlp on Sunday December 25, 2022 @04:10PM (#34131298)
Try to write a pure POSIX applications on either iOS or Android.

https://www.usenix.org/publications/login/fall2016/atlidakis

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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by jacquesm on Sunday December 25, 2022 @04:39PM (#34131644)
That's not the same thing though, is it? Even desktop Linux is not technically POSIX compliant.
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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by tmpburning on Sunday December 25, 2022 @05:21PM (#34132090)
But Android and iOS are complete nightmares in this regard.
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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by jacquesm on Sunday December 25, 2022 @07:51PM (#34133311)
I believe that. Imagine the power of having a Unix box in your pocket whereever you go.

It's a pity the Ubuntu phone went nowhere. There is Ubuntu Touch though (haven't used it).

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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by pjmlp on Monday December 26, 2022 @03:54AM (#34135942)
A box programmed in Objective-C, Swift, Java, Kotlin, ISO C, ISO C++, plus OS specific APIs, with hardly anything that shows up on UNIX architecture books.
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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by pjmlp on Monday December 26, 2022 @03:52AM (#34135928)
It is because without it there is no UNIX.

So I rephrase, try to write a iOS or Android app using UNIX only APIs.

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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by phpisthebest on Sunday December 25, 2022 @04:08PM (#34131285)
Linux != Unix
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Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop by rascul on Sunday December 25, 2022 @04:24PM (#34131465)
While that's true, there is an exception for Huawei EulerOS 2.0 on Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server.

https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3622.htm

I don't think it was renewed, though.

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