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Linus Torvalds on why desktop Linux sucks (youtube.com)
4 points by ig0r0 on May 6, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


No operating system -- or desktop -- is perfect. But what would be a massive improvement is if all of the linux distros adopted a single desktop stack to support for enterprise/business clients while optionally supporting other desktops combos. I know this is more or less be asking the impossible of the Linux community who split hairs over everything but if a ten year "Okay, we'll all support this stack" was reached that would massively increase the Linux desktop market share and give app developers (eg: Adobe) a stable target for porting non-trivial applications.

The ultimate loser in such a joining of the clans would be Windows and macOS while Linux would rise rapidly in prominence. Why can't we do this?




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