I need that XP wallpaper.
I think a lot of people would enjoy it if they gave it a chance. I wish I had sooner.
I think it’s really matured in the last few years. I’ve used linux on and off for the last 20 years, but things only tipped in favour for me at least about 2 years ago. For me it’s a combination of the polish of KDE, and the maturity of Wine/Proton for gaming. Before that I was dual booting but spending most time in Windows because I’d get in the habit whenever I started playing a game.
So I think despite the jokes, now really is the “year of the linux desktop” because it’s finally tipped over to being an all round 24/7 good choice for most people.
This is a followup to their Screw it, I’m installing Linux article in November.
Since that article was published, I have dealt with one minor catastrophe after another. None of that has anything to do with Linux, mind you. It just meant I didn’t install it on my desktop until Sunday evening.
Did it last month, love it, simple and no annoying stuff. Should have done it years ago.
Its interesting the argument of it’s not MS is now It’s NOT MS
The argument changed from “It’s not Microsoft” to “It’s not Microslop”.
Saw this on Reddit earlier
KDE & openSUSE is one of the best combinations for Linux.
Sure.
But like, the author’s got some Bad Habits they are trying to bring over, and seem to consider their inability to replicate them as a problem?
I can’t find official apps for Airtable (which I use for work), Spotify, or Apple Music, but they all work fine in the browser in the short term, and I’ll revisit this later.
So, “I have to run these websites, that I used to run in dedicated memory-hungry Electron apps, in a browser instead” is something that’s missing? TBH, seems like a feature to me. Heck, things like Discord and Spotify run better in a firefox derivative than they do as “standalone apps” on any OS, Windows included.
At least in the case of Spotify, there is an electron app for Linux, too, so I don’t know why the author is having trouble finding it.
Also, you can “install” things like Discord into a webapp and when you launch it it looks and behaves just like regular old discord, but never makes you wait through those annoying installation screens.
