I mean its free. Installer are incredible easy. Steam says 90% of games are compatible. Libreoffice has all the features.
The last straw are manufactures delivering hardware with M$ bullshit preinstalled.
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Yeah, that's not a straw, though. It's like a redwood. A forest of redwoods.
You can actually buy Linux computers from dell and Lenovo and they’re even cheaper because you don’t pay for the Microsoft license
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You can technically buy a Chromebook instead. Apparently they kick up a real fuss if you try to install your own OS on it though, Not that I've tried.
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Linux is that feeling of your computer not becoming worse every year. Windows and mac users dont know what that is.
✨I don't get Advertisements built into my Computer✨
Honesty mine gets better, the more I learn about my system the more I can optimize it to my needs
I'm like actually excited for updates to my operating system. That hasn't been true for Android or Windows in years. The last I remember being excited for an update was iOS on my iPod Touch, but from what I hear, people aren't even really that hyped for iOS updates any more.
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Fingers crossed for socials skills in FOSS communities, then it's game over for big tech
Hear hear. The voice of our community, LazerDickMcCheese.
I spent several hours last night talking about FOSS projects and tech certifications to a guy in entry-level IT. I'm out here doing my best, guys
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Linux gaming also taking off. New Jolla phone on the way. Valve is also being helpful. On top of that the 'Buy European' movement also comes at the right time.
I dare to say it's looking pretty good
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It is 2010. It is the year of the Linux desktop.
It is 2018. It is the year of the Linux desktop.
It is 2026. It is the year of the Linux desktop.
This year for sure!
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Gaming is the best commercial inroad I’ve seen, and exploding.
But I think the “kernel anticheat” thing is going to be a hard wall until Valve works it out. Unfortunately, big OEMs don’t want to ship a “gaming PC” that can’t run Fortnite.
I know that the market verdict is "eh who cares", but I really dont think anyone should think that invasive kernel-level anticheat is at all acceptable.
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Okay, but for real, 2027 is going to be a real banger for Linux desktop, I've got a feeling!
2025 already was, and it continues. The ecosystem and Proton have changed the game (no pun intended), and even normies are starting to switch.
I finally migrated from MacOS (other than Logic Pro) and Windows. Keep Windows around for some games but it is no longer first in boot order on any machine, and I am delighted.
Every time I boot to Windows it drags ass forever, updates, reboots, repeats, and by the time I can use it I am not even interested.
The year of the linux desktop is different for every one. For me it was 2003. Haven't looked back since and everytime I'm forced to use Windows, I feel like I need to take a shower.
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You can only abuse your customers so much before they move on. I have long enjoyed using Windows, but when they announced my perfectly usable laptop wouldn't be able to get 11 thanks to no TPM, and I had to go through a complicated set of hoops to manually install it, that was my breaking point. I will keep Windows for some limited stuff on dual boot on one machine, but elsewhere I'm going Linux only
You can only abuse your customers so much
you'd think so... but the number of friends and family who still put up with this shit is incredible. Ads in the start menu, copilot popping up every time you press a wrong button on the keyboard, the entire task bar changing overnight with ads and stock tickers...
That last one pisses me off so much... "i dont want to learn linux!"... MF'er, microsoft just rearranged your entire task bar and start menu overnignt and you didnt seem to have a problem adapting your workflow... why would switching to gnome or KDE be any different?
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Wait, is it 2006 already?
or the year of ww3.. maybe both actually
The great Linux distro world war.
2026 I will continue to use the Linux Desktop. My current prediction and I'm sticking to it
For me, it's date +%s
Deja vu 🤔
...and a year when Half life 3 is released ;)
Nope, it is NOT happening.
uninjects your hopium
They come around more often than the Olympics.
The year of Linux on the desktop was the friends we made along the way…
That was the free space on my 2026 bingo card!
And my 2025 one.
And the last ten years' ones.
I'm loving to see all these people jumping to Linux. I switched back in 2008 with Ubuntu 8.10. So much has changed since then.
2026 shouldn't be the year of any one specific thing; 2026 should be the year of teaching the less inclined how to be conscious with their data and go over methods for taking back their data from whatever service they might use.
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Linux desktop has been here for a while, wake me up when BSD desktops become more viable
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The year of the Linux desktop is whenever you make it !! For me, that was 2002, the year I ditched windows for good....
I'll be trying to contribute to that!
Already hit a difficulty since my workplace uses Microsoft for everything and the admins lock out third party stuff. I guess I can access files on outlook and OneDrive via browser based options but God they're awful.
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World Revolution 2026 trust.
I fully switched to Debian in early 2024 and haven't looked back. Highly recommend a full swap to everyone. Windows and Mac have nothing to offer.
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