[cyberlab]

> Sadly, many of them look like ghost towns

That is why I think we are still in early days of the (fediverse-powered) web. All this fringe tech will blossom eventually and we can live the 'decentralists dream' we all seem to be pushing for. Give it time. Yes, effort is still needed, and we all need to do our part to make it work, but simply being patient too, waiting for all this tech to bloom will be worth it.

[dwighttk]

…year of Linux on the desktop

[detaro]

Pretty much the same applies: I'm quite happy with my Linux desktop, I don't need it to dominate the world to be useful. (for social stuff of course additional network effects apply, but if you are in the right communities that's easily hit)

[Miraste]

That’s fine for Linux but it doesn’t work so well for networks.

[the_local_host]

Linux desktop/laptop is actually pretty usable nowadays - installing Ubuntu on a laptop is much less of an "adventure" than it used to be, with fewer incantations needed to get things working.

[the_local_host]

In fact I just installed Ubuntu on a laptop this evening, and it worked really well. (I did make sure others had met with success with this specific model of laptop before I tried it though.) Things have come a long way since "linux on the desktop" first emerged as a meme.

[eitland]

FWIW I've considered Linux better for my purposes since 15 or so years ago and easier than Windows since over a decade ago when I had to spend 4 hours to "configure" an OEM install.

(That included everything from I clicked the button until I had uninstalled McAfee and every other useless thing but still.)