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Nick @ The Linux Experiment Dec 13, 2023

As the end of the year draws near, I thought it would be interesting to look at the current state of the #Linux desktop: 2023 has been very eventful, a lot of progress was made, but is the Linux desktop out of its « messy / transition phase » ?

We’ll look at standards and cohesiveness, display stuff, the Wayland transition, packaging and distribution, gaming, drivers, and a coming challenge:

https://youtu.be/usvgAR9qLVI

An honest look at the state of the Linux desktop going into 2024

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Morten Kjeldgaard Dec 13, 2023

@thelinuxEXP <rant>Desktop is overrated, people who can't stop talking about the desktop are people who don't have actual work to do. I personally use whatever the machine has, I don't care how it looks, dark mode/light mode/accent colors, who cares. I've used XFCE, Gnome, KDE, Cinnamon, macOS, they are all fine, all I need is to start a browser, some terminal windows and an Emacs window. That's it, any desktop can do it, I don't need anything else. Stop obsessing about the damn desktop. </rant>

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Nick @ The Linux Experiment

@mok0 I couldn’t disagree more. Your personal experience is as far from what the general public feels as can be ;)

To do some actual work, most people need easy to understand interfaces, competent apps, and, you guessed it, a desktop that actually works and gives them options and tools to be productive. No productivity without a good desktop.