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by 10GBps 1736 days ago
Eh, after using Linux mostly as my primary OS and 100% for servers for nearly 30 years I think Linux is only just now in the last 10 years started to come in to its own. The game isn't ending, it has just started! Linux is more than ChromeOS and Android. Everything Internet is Linux, IoT, routers, appliances, cameras, vehicles, the list is endless.

Fuchsia, being Google, will be as evil as Chrome. And it may be popular just like Chrome and Windows but that doesn't mean there isn't something better for users who care about control, security, and privacy.

There is no way in hell Fuchsia or anything else is going to run the Internet like Linux does. Even the alternate OS's like Fuchsia, Haiku, MacOS, etc don't have server versions. The mammoth Microsoft even failed at servers and they do have server versions.

Barring some unforeseen conspiracy, Linux is going to be around for a long, long time.

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IoT is not Linux. Most small embedded devices cannot afford a MMU, or the monstrosity of Linux. Baremetal or FreeRTOS/ThreadX or similar are enough. They don't need that much power, architectural overkill and security nightmares. Most of them are even formally verified.
Why is chrome "evil"?
I guess mainly because in about 5 years time Web developers can write ChromeOS developer instead on their skillset.
so chrome is "evil" because web developers will be able to create apps for ChromeOS in addition to web apps? Or you are claiming that web apps will only work on chrome?
I am claiming that Web === ChromeOS, when Google is done with Firefox, while Apple keeps focusing on native apps.