Mastodawn

Regardless of operating system—Windows, Mac, GNU/systemd/Linux (I had to), BSD, whatever—is desktop computer use niche in its own right?

I would normally never sub-toot like this, but the message this is about was probably auto-deleted; I can't find it. It was also so long ago that I feel like I would be taking it outside of the original context anyway, so it's probably for the best.

At any rate, someone said that; that even using a desktop in the first place is niche. They also said that Linux desktop use is even more niche, and I would have to agree with that, obviously; I don't know if I agree with the first statement or not, though, honestly.

I don't talk to enough people about computers, enough, outside of whatever context in which it's already assumed that said people are already interested in computers, so I have no real way to gauge this.

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Yes

49%

No

51%

Poll ended at Mar 12 at 3:53pm.

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TerryB Mar 5

@the Though laptops, perhaps with external KB and even monitor, seem more commonplace than the traditional tower/desktop. WFH and hot-desking probably the reason for that.

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Shoe Bill

@terryb

Yeah, there were a couple years when I was running on a laptop that sat on a stand 24/7 and never moved. The screen on the laptop itself was the "side monitor" because it was the smaller of the two. You can do a lot worse, honestly.