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by AnIdiotOnTheNet 2470 days ago
> Desktop linux will be a reality.

This is the 'Fusion power is just around the corner' of the computing world. There's only one way Desktop Linux succeeds, and that's that all the other Desktop OSs are abandoned or drive themselves into the dirt the way Win10 seems intent on doing.
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diffeomorphism 2470 days ago
Windows has WSL (2 by now). ChromeOS supports desktop linux apps. Samsung has linux on DeX.

I wouldn't be surprised if in the not too far future also macOS or iOS ship with some version of homebrew or macports included out of the box.

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AnIdiotOnTheNet 2470 days ago
What's your point? Running Linux optionally in a VM isn't what people mean when they talk about Desktop Linux. Neither is homebrew (which is Linux how, exactly?). ChromeOS is on Chromebooks, which are explicitly not desktops because their whole design is as a web kiosk.
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diffeomorphism 2470 days ago
My point is running desktop linux apps. My point is that it is NOT "optionally" but officially and encouraged.

Also your notion of chromebooks is about a decade out of date.

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AnIdiotOnTheNet 2470 days ago
Oh I see, we've shifted the goalposts from Linux on the Desktop to Linux Apps on a proprietary OS on the Desktop.
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