HeimchenDec 13, 2023
Nick @ The Linux Experiment

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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Show threadcslinuxboyDec 13, 2023

@thelinuxEXP I'd say that the Linux desktop is probably the best desktop out there to-date given all of the telemetry spying going on in Windows, and the "no you can't do that but pay me tons of $$$" from Apple. The only problem with the Linux desktop is the myriad of choices (from a new user perspective). Just my $0.02. Love the content you produce.

#Linux #LinuxDesktop #KDE #Wayland #Gnome

Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentDec 13, 2023
@cslinuxboy Absolitely agree! The hundreds of choices can be boiled to maybe 10-15 competent and interesting ones, but that’s still way too much to have a coherent experience and solid app packaging / distribution!
Show threadgrappaDec 13, 2023
@cslinuxboy @thelinuxEXP well with purism, starlabs, nitrokey, novacustom and others selling highend laptops with coreboot things are getting very easy for the end user. Even using arch has became boring with archinstall.
Show threadcslinuxboyDec 13, 2023
@grappa @thelinuxEXP And EndeavourOS is super easy to use now.
Show threadMorten KjeldgaardDec 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>
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentDec 13, 2023

@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.

Show threadFN50Dec 13, 2023
@thelinuxEXP Tried Ubuntu first several years ago and didn't like it. Everything felt so convoluted. Started using Debian this year and it's way more straightforward. Could definitely see using it as my daily driver OS once Windows 10 support runs out as my PC doesn't support W11 and I'm not shelling out the cash for a newer Mac
Show threadFarLine99Dec 13, 2023
@thelinuxEXP thank you. these videos always hit the spot and reflect the real state of Linux. i think it is very important to have such summarizing videos, especially for those who are switching to Linux at the moment ❤️
Show threadleaDec 13, 2023
@thelinuxEXP heh, accent colors mention :p
Show threadmemoryfileDec 14, 2023

@thelinuxEXP Haven't watched yet, but I've loved 2023 as someone who follows cutting edge Linux developments! Using uBlue has made my immutable desktop experience so convenient. Just log on, use whatever apps, it updates itself, log off.

I'm also really happy to see steady progress on #LinuxMobile with @postmarketOS (you should revisit this topic in a video sometime!), and with the adaptive libadwaita library by @gnome (love GNOME so much). 

Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentDec 14, 2023
@memoryfile @postmarketOS @gnome I absolutely should look back into mobile Linux!
Show threadAndrij Glyko Dec 14, 2023
@thelinuxEXP @memoryfile @gnome well, mobile Linux's state and overall device support is not quite good shall i say. only a few devices support @postmarketOS, for example. but it has a bright future.
Show threadmemoryfileDec 15, 2023
@nitrogenez @gnome @postmarketOS @thelinuxEXP Yea probably not too too different from when he last took a look at it, but I have faith in all the things GNOME is doing to make their desktop and apps adaptive + @postmarketOS's steady work on device support
Show threadpostmarketOS (old account)Dec 15, 2023
@thelinuxEXP @memoryfile @gnome we would absolutely love to talk to you about it!
Show threadPepper1700 Dec 14, 2023
@thelinuxEXP Don't forget: whenyou use only Linux at home, Windows misbehave at work, or maybe it is the AI in Visual Studio actively preventing me to type what I want.