nixCraft π§Why will the Year of the #Linux Desktop always be next year?
Because we're still trying to decide on the perfect window manager π
marco_m_aus_f@nixCraft That's one thing I am missing from ye older times: switching the window manager in the middle of my session, without logging out.
Why choose, if you can have them all?
Simon Greenwood@nixCraft That's because everyone hasn't accepted it's KDE though.
Hyrax 
@nixCraft sway >>
Phil@nixCraft
Yes, it's a battle between XMonad and StumpWM. Both are great, but at the end of the day, only one can win.
I'm torn.
Yes, it's a battle between XMonad and StumpWM. Both are great, but at the end of the day, only one can win.
I'm torn.
Peter N. M. Hansteen@nixCraft I have kept hearing "the year of Linux on the desktop will definitely be in five years' time" for ages, FWIW
Mikael Hansson
@mikael @nixCraft oh, for me it's been OpenBSD on the laptop for years (the thing referenced in https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2010/01/goodness-of-men-and-machinery.html was not the first by far), usually while also keeping at least one LInux laptop for $DAYJOB reasons. For the last few years, though, it's been juggling OpenBSD and macOS instead for laziness reasons.
Simon Brooke@nixCraft This is such stupid clickbait that I shouldn't rise to it, but...
Of course there is no one perfect window manager. We as people are different, with different perception, habits, needs, and we use our computers for different things. The fact Linux allows a choice between a wide range of window managers is a strength, not a weakness.
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@nixCraft Journalists will always report that 'next year is the year of the #Linux desktop' because
1. They're non-technical, and not in touch with what technical people use;
2. They're looking for a story that sounds interesting.
For me, 1994 was the year of the Linux desktop, the year I switched from BSD on ARM to Linux on Intel. OK, so I'm relatively unusual, but today many people who use computers thoughtfully use Linux.
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@nixCraft does it matter whether the majority of people switch to #Linux?
No, not in the least. Not to anyone. Linux is not a monopolist's world-domination project, it's a (very talented) student's hobby project that was in the right place at the right time and grew legs.
It's better for everyone if the software ecosystem is heterogenous; it incentivises standard protocols and data formats, and makes malware harder to spread.
So drop this lame, tired meme.
hiddenalpha@simon_brooke @nixCraft
The day Linux will force me to use some specific WindowManager, will be the day when I'll start to search an alternative to Linux.
Because to me, having this choice is the core reason of using GNU/Linux in the first place. I have zero interest in seeing yet another monopoly forcing some BS to its users.
The day Linux will force me to use some specific WindowManager, will be the day when I'll start to search an alternative to Linux.
Because to me, having this choice is the core reason of using GNU/Linux in the first place. I have zero interest in seeing yet another monopoly forcing some BS to its users.
Nick@nixCraft how can this be? We already have openbox! π
John Maxwell@nixCraft And your point is?
Fly in the Sky@nixCraft i am wondering if it helps to repeat this gag over and over again. Yeah it is funny for nerds like me. But i am working on Linux Desktop for now 8 years. It IS allready there, even though i am also looking for a better window manager at the time Bering.
Leo@nixCraft awesome
@nixCraft Recently hired co-worker stuck with Windows11 system due to I.T. restrictions.
32 gbyte RAM, 8 vore, 16 threads, and the damn thing is SWAPPING!! Almost as bad, it's consuming 880 kbyte/sec network bandwidth at "idle"!
My Linux system, my "daily driver" is happily running OS, lots of browser tabs, and 4 VMs in 9 Gbytes, with plenty left over for buffer cache.
I am the only person in my company to be PRIVILEGED to use Linux, the more secure system...
Lazy corporate I.T. !!!
Larvitz 
@nixCraft For me, every year since 2002 was the Year of the Linux Desktop :-) I never looked back.
Artemis@nixCraft No, we're *still* deciding on the best windowing system.
BoloMKXXVIII@nixCraft It has been so long since I moved to Linux that I can't remember the year. I remember it was Corel Linux. Later, I switched to Red Hat. Back when software came in a box with install media and USER MANUALS!
Siim OΕ‘ur@nixCraft The perfect window manager is i3!
Change my mind!
EDIT: And not the wayland version, cuz F wayland. Good ol' X rule them all.
Change my mind!
EDIT: And not the wayland version, cuz F wayland. Good ol' X rule them all.
@nixCraft And were still trying to decide on what packaging format is best...
SirWumpus πΎπ@nixCraft Just don't know why they just don't provide the most basic Desktop & Window Manager, then leave it to people to "upgrade", "sidegrade", "downgrade" (cli) as desired. GNOME, KDE, Mate some bloated. Xfce or Enlightenment seem nice. Just PICK ONE AND LET'S GO!
Thomas Dorr@nixCraft
Didn't Google already do that and it's whatever powers the Chromebook/boxes
Mm.. or you can get Android Desktop style devices.... So those?
I mean I would assume whatever WM those use is the dominant one in the world...
Sandro Santilli πͺ hacker@nixCraft it was ready in '95 and continues being usable
black scooter geek@nixCraft I got fooled in 2007 and believed that it was "The Year of The Linux Desktop". Got stuck with it π .All these years made me understand, that every year is the "Linux Desktop" year, meaning a step forward is not always a path to reach the "future" but a step to leave the "past" behind.
btw, it is GNU/Linux.
btw, it is GNU/Linux.
Worik@nixCraft The year of the Linux Desktop was 1994