Drew 🐘 on Nostr: Every time I hear the tired joke about #linux on the desktop it makes me sad because ...
Every time I hear the tired joke about #linux on the desktop it makes me sad because I think we passed the best desktop linux experience between about 2009-2014. That joke is about market share, which is the absolute worst metric for success unless you're a company trying to grow. Chasing that fantasy has led to many features and a huge increase in visual fidelity and compatibility. We gave up a lot of dependability, predictability, and debug-ability though. To me those were the killer features.
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