Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022)

Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022) by smoldesu on Sunday January 01, 2023 @11:49AM (#34207927)

Linux fails because it's not a product. Ironically that's the exact reason why it's a breakaway success in the server world, but gets no desktop market share. When you turn Linux into a product and market it (a-la Android, FireTV, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck, Tesla Car™, et. al), it's successful all of the sudden again.

Desktop Linux' success is like a hedge bet against Microsoft and OSX. It's just capable enough to be dangerous in a Mexican standoff between the three OSes.

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Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022) by philistine on Sunday January 01, 2023 @12:32PM (#34208491)

The Nintendo Switch is not running Linux. There is Android and FreeBSD code in there, but at its core its a rewrite of the 3DS OS. it's not like the Steam Deck at all.

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Re:Rant: Year of Linux on the Desktop (2022) by pjmlp on Sunday January 01, 2023 @04:46PM (#34211326)

When you turn the Linux kernel into a product and...

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