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"bro, just trust me, ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ ~~2022~~ 2023 will be the year of the Linux desktop!"
We've been hearing this since 1999.
Keep going back much, much further. I remember hearing that phrase back in the early 2000s, and wouldn't doubt it if if was referenced as early as 1999.