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by otabdeveloper4 2033 days ago
Gatekeeping from what? Linux is a server OS.
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pjmlp 2033 days ago
Finally given up on "Year of Desktop Linux"?
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otabdeveloper4 2032 days ago
I've been running desktop Linux for 20 years, but this isn't a hill I'm gonna die on. Kernel and userland developers treat Linux as a server OS first and foremost, and that's where the funding goes.
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the_af 2033 days ago
The year of Desktop Linux arrived for me about a decade ago. Now I work, game, watch movies, edit graphics and photos, all on Linux.

I like and want the powerful combination of the CLI and GUI applications.

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blub 2032 days ago
The point of "Linux on the desktop" was not that it happens for you and the other commenter, but that Linux becomes mainstream. :) Never happened and unless something extraordinary occurs it likely never will. And Android doesn't count, obviously.
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the_af 2032 days ago
True. But it also has the connotation that Linux is "not good enough" for the desktop, and this is false. Popularity has a lot of factors, sadly. A user-friendly Linux like Ubuntu is indeed "good enough" and has been so for years.
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pjmlp 2032 days ago
Finally met one of the happy 1% from Steam surveys.
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the_af 2032 days ago
Also GOG and Humble Bundle ;)

It's generally a joy to use Linux. In some cases (like HP LaserJet printers) even more painless than Windows and macOS!

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eitland 2032 days ago
Hi, here's another one :-)

Happy Linux user since 2004/5.

Everything else is painful in some way or another.

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