[joshpicky]

The "Year of the Linux Desktop" has always been a meme, but posts like this show we’ve hit a silent inflection point. When a long-time macOS power user finds the transition "uneventful" (save for some shortcut muscle memory), it says a lot about the polish of modern Fedora.

[carefree-bob]

For me, it's very real. I'm back on linux now after many years. It is much more usable than it used to be, at least on Dell hardware

[k310]

My brother, the least techie person on earth, got really sick and tired of windows updates breaking his drivers monthly, so he eventually got a Dell linux desktop, installed and supported (online only) and after a few questions about FOSS apps to do his common chores, I haven't fielded a question in ages.

There are always going to be niche things. Say, why not have it all, ( as in my above post)

That's why we have, as Napoleon Dynamite says: "Computer hacking skills".

You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills... Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.

[carefree-bob]

Now with LLMs, you can ask gemini to make a script for you to do whatever you want. I think this opens up Linux to a lot of non-technical people, just fire up a browser and ask away.