[ryanmcbride]

I've always interpreted "Year of the Linux Desktop" as a personal journey, like Hot Girl Summer. It's not about the year that there's a watershed and suddenly everyone is rolling custom distros, it's about an individual's journey with discovering and trying Linux. Every year can be the year of the Linux desktop if you believe!

[foxyv]

The year of the linux Desktop was the friends we made along the way... fixing our Linux desktop.

[ndiddy]

I like this definition: https://lwn.net/Articles/928581/

> More importantly for the future success of Linux was that the X11 system was ported to it, making 1992 the year of the Linux desktop.

[kennywinker]

I love this. 2026 has been my hot linux summer on the desktop

[opan]

Agreed. For me it was over a decade ago and the meme stopped being funny. It feels like people bragging about being behind, which is uncomfortable.