2023 IS THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP!!
God damnit, Linux is too mainstream now. Time to switch to FreeBSD.
much as I hate to say it: it’s s
after years and years of microsoft being awful I finally got a few of my techy gamer friends onto linux in the past ~3 years, and they’re running with it!
The EU countries investing in FOSS may also make a dent
Valve is single-handedly raising Linux’s game compatibility with their work.
Also, lets be real, a lot of business bought IBM.
Yeah, and that move from Valve originally came from when Microsoft floated the idea that all software on Windows would pass through the MS Software Store.
That freaked out a lot of publishers, so MS backed off the idea. But Valve’s response was to build an exit ramp on Linux.
Pretty nice that Valve stuck with it after the fact.
was that first floated before or after the OG steam machine I wonder? because valve has been at this a lot longer than just the steam deck development cycle
definitely not single handedly but I’m not goign to pretend they aren’t helping quite a bit. All the foss parts mostly existed before valve got involved
yeah I think business is what keeps M$ going, not boomers. Windows is deeply integrated into almost every major corporation. They really on stuff like AD, Office, and Teams, which Linux can’t compete very well on.
As much as I hate web tech, things are changing because of browsers. Microsoft wants office to be a web app, teams is already a web app, ad is happening through Azure.Once every business product turns into rent-seeking SASS, there’s no reason not to use Linux.
Unfortunately Active Directory will still exist until the heat death of the universe
Every year is the year of the linux desktop if you have a linux desktop! (I have a linux laptop)
Only country I can see having a strong foothold on Linux is China when they build and polish a nice mass consumer ready distro that can completely replace windows and mac
Maybe Russia and Iran too since they also have great software talent and if Microsoft and Apple continue to be barred from selling there
the Venezuelan government uses linux because they don’t trust microsoft not to spy on them. Somewhat baselessly tbh as Microsoft would only stand to loose money by working with the CIA as they already have all the US government contracts anyway
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 is the year of Linux!
I wanted to do more but typing those out on mobile while I walked into work was already a lot, I didn’t have time to do twice as many
