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by als0 1293 days ago
The year of the Linux Desktop already happened, just not in the way people wanted - Android and Chromebooks.
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Tbh, everyone I know who has used an Android "laptop" or "Chromebook" has abandoned it after ~6 months for a "real computer".

Turns out Native > Webshit for many things.

I'm never buying another Chromebook and Chromebox because Google sunsetted my perfectly fine working laptop and Chromebox and now it can't do things like play streaming movies from HBO Max because the chrome version is too low. Spotify doesn't work either. Leaves few things left to do with it haha.
Install Linux on it and you'll be able to use the latest version of Chromium and stream to your heart's content.
I think I'll just sell it and get a used Macbook Air, they go for like $99 on Ebay now.

Every time in my life I have installed Linux with such high hopes and get annoyed by all the crap that doesn't work.

Can you give some examples of "things which do not work"? Seeing how as I've been using Linux for close to 30 years and have it running on loads of different types of hardware with more or less everything working - yes even Bluetooth - I'm always somewhat surprised by these problems which fail to haunt me.
Wi-Fi is usually wonky and just various other things like video drivers etc.

Here is the laptop you wanted me to try to install Linux on lol. Who has time for this shit? I just want to use the computer not futz around with it constantly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos/comments/eku5tv/replacing_...

Like I said, spend $99 on MacBook Air, receive it, turn it on, it works. That’s all I care about. I don’t even like apple products really but I just want something I know will work.

I think some people just don’t even bother to resolve an issue. Maybe it’s not even broken but just reflexively assumed to be broken if something isn’t immediately as they expect it to work. My parents both use Linux daily and rarely ever need me to provide any support. Ubuntu or Debian has worked out of the box on every machine I’ve touched over the last 10 years. Avoiding nvidia graphics is probably the secret to success though, and may be the issue responsible for many people who have a much more negative view of Linux “just working”
That is the Year of Linux kernel, there is nothing else from GNU/Linux on Android and ChromeOS.
It's a pretty good argument in favor of the GNU/Linux vs. plain Linux distinction. Which is not a thing I really thought I'd say.