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2026 will not be the ‘Year of Linux on the Desktop’ – and I’m glad

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2026 will not be the ‘Year of Linux on the Desktop’ – and I’m glad

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Linux@programming.devEnglish · 24 hours ago

Kevin Boone: Rant: 2026 will not be the ‘Year of Linux on the Desktop’ – and I’m glad

Why are we complaining about the smallness of the proportion of desktop computers that run Linux – perhaps we should be celebrating instead?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/932674

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I don’t know if any OS will be needed in 900 years.
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  @ItsMyVault101 @codeinabox Where we’re going, we won’t need computers.
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  How many clock resets is that for 32bit enthusiasts?

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