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0 pointspsunavy036mo ago0 comments

And this is precisely why desktop Linux has not knocked off Windows or MacOS.

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I'd argue that's more because the average person has no interest in installing a new OS, or even any idea what an OS is.

Most people just keep the default. When the default is Linux (say, the Steam Deck), most people just keep Linux.

bigfishrunning6mo ago

And that's fine. Those users who want something that's not like desktop Linux have plenty of options.

ghaff6mo ago

And increasingly it doesn't matter because they just live in a browser anyway.

thinkmassive6mo ago

Which also makes it easier than ever for more users to run Linux as a desktop OS :)

ghaff6mo ago

Absolutely. I still prefer MacOS/Mac hardware in some ways but running a browser on Linux on a Thinkpad or whatever works pretty well for a lot of purposes.

valyala6mo ago

Omarchy tries resolving this https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy

a966mo ago

Dear reader, please make sure you look up whose project this is and why it's spammed everywhere.

tmtvl6mo ago

Duckduckgo led me to this wiki page: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Heinemeier_Hansson>. I can see why software by the creator of Ruby on Rails gets widely shared. Pretty good 24HLM results too.

int_19h6mo ago

I clicked on the link, and the first thing I see is a screenshot where half of the screen is taken by terminal with TUI apps in it. There's no "Install" button, and the "Download" one is labelled "ISO".

Yeah, no, that isn't it.

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ripdog6mo ago

I'd argue that's more because the average person has no interest in installing a new OS, or even any idea what an OS is.

Most people just keep the default. When the default is Linux (say, the Steam Deck), most people just keep Linux.

bigfishrunning6mo ago

And that's fine. Those users who want something that's not like desktop Linux have plenty of options.

ghaff6mo ago

And increasingly it doesn't matter because they just live in a browser anyway.

thinkmassive6mo ago

Which also makes it easier than ever for more users to run Linux as a desktop OS :)

ghaff6mo ago

Absolutely. I still prefer MacOS/Mac hardware in some ways but running a browser on Linux on a Thinkpad or whatever works pretty well for a lot of purposes.

valyala6mo ago

Omarchy tries resolving this https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy

a966mo ago

Dear reader, please make sure you look up whose project this is and why it's spammed everywhere.

tmtvl6mo ago

int_19h6mo ago

Yeah, no, that isn't it.

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