[Ipg-smz] What happens when Linux keeps getting better and better?

[Dana Blankenhorn]

Chromebooks are grabbing big hunks of market share. I think we're being too
purist here. I prefer not to call victory a defeat.

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:45 PM Swapnil “Swap” Bhartiya <arnieswap at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes. But we are talking about Desktop Linux. Linux is a dominant player in
> modern world, Desktop is an exception. I also don’t like when we use the
> term Linux for Desktop Linux. Which confuses things. At one hand Linux is
> the most successful technology to date at the same time the desktop is a
> massive failure and the reason is simple. Linus and I had a discussion
> recently and even he admitted that Desktop folks and fragmentation is
> responsible for its failure. For a long time even Linus didn’t offered
> packaged version of  its own SubSurface to Linux as it was PITA to support
> Linux. They offered fro macOS and Windows. So let me repeat Linux is
> dominating the world, but Desktop Linux has failed.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHFdoFKDuQA&t=23s
>
> Swap
>
>
>
> > On Dec 20, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Dana Blankenhorn <danablankenhorn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Androids are based on Linux and Chromebooks are based on Linux and
> Amazon Fire is based on Linux.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:38 PM Swapnil “Swap” Bhartiya <
> arnieswap at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I also use Linux, but only in limited use-cases. As it can’t handle my
> workload, simple.
> >
> > > On Dec 20, 2018, at 2:34 PM, Alan Zeichick <alan at zeichick.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > IOS. It’s an iPad Mini.
> > >
> > > I didn’t say, by the way, that Linux is bad, or that I don’t use it.
> Because I do use Linux.
> > >
> > > However, it is cultish and overhyped, nonetheless, imho.
> > >
> > > -A
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Dec 20, 2018, at 12:03 PM, Christine Hall <christine at fossforce.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> "Tenderly tapped on a tiny tablet"
> > >>
> > >> I wonder what operating system that tiny tablet is using?
> > >>
> > >> Christine Hall
> > >> Publisher & Editor
> > >> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
> > >> http://fossforce.com
> > >>
> > >>> On 12/20/18 1:48 PM, Alan Zeichick wrote:
> > >>> I’ll suggest “cultish” and “overhyped.”
> > >>> -A
> > >>> Tenderly tapped on a tiny tablet
> > >>>> On Dec 20, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com
> <mailto:pshapiro at his.com>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  Folks, sjvn is in the unenviable position of having to describe
> Linux, which just keeps getting better and better.  Let's all chip in and
> > >>>> buy him a Dictionary of Superlatives. My fear is that we're running
> out of adjectives to describe Linux. The Earth has a finite supply
> > >>>> of adjectives. We may have to soon start mining asteroids for new
> adjectives -- just to describe Linux.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>      Take pity on journalists who cover the open source beat. It's
> not their fault that Linux keeps getting better. Toss them an adjective
> > >>>> from time to time. They'll be so appreciative if you do.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>                 phil
> > >>>>
> > >>>> --
> > >>>> --
> > >>>> Phil Shapiro, pshapiro at his.com <mailto:pshapiro at his.com>
> > >>>> http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html
> > >>>> http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro
> > >>>> http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
> > >>>> "Learning happens thru gentleness."
> > >>>> "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose
> from real options."  David Suzuki
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