Comment on Google will develop the Android OS fully in private; Will continue open source releases.
DrDystopia@lemy.lol 1 week ago
Sounds like good news for mobile linux!
Comment on Google will develop the Android OS fully in private; Will continue open source releases.
DrDystopia@lemy.lol 1 week ago
Sounds like good news for mobile linux!
essteeyou@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Right after Linux on desktop takes off, which is sure to happen any day now.
DrDystopia@lemy.lol 1 week ago
I don’t need desktop linux to “take off”, I’ve happily used it for a decade. I don’t need mobile linux to become mainstream. I just need it to be a bit better than it currently is.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 week ago
User base size dictates development resources. If you want Linux mobile to be daily driveable, you do need widespread adoption.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Exactly. I’m not using mainstream Linux on my phone (I use Android) despite using Linux on my other devices (phone, laptop, desktop, servers), because it’s not daily driveable for me. I really want to switch, but I need some base level of compatibility, and it’s not there yet.
DrDystopia@lemy.lol 1 week ago
I thought Ubuntu Touch was dang near useable years ago, what someone considers “daily drivable” is probably subjective. If dumb phones had a web browser I’d probably settle for that as I self host and every service has a WebUI.
Player2@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I personally finished deleting windows off of all of my machines recently. One by one we will add up over time
essteeyou@lemmy.world 1 week ago
For every person switching from Windows to Linux, how many people got a new Chromebook or a Mac, or just do everything on their phones or a tablet?
I have a Linux machine myself, and I love having it, but I don’t think the user base is growing particularly quickly as a percentage of PC OS installations.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It’s but growing quickly (well, SteamDeck is), but it’s growing consistently. We’l recently passed an important milestone where people are being charged for no additional features in their commercial operating systems.
That’s why the commercial OS vendors are so keen to add AI. They know they need a new differentiator, because the free options just work.
JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Haven’t you heard? It’s the year of the Linux desktop.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It’s the year of the Linux desktop, today. Next year it’s the year of Linux on Mobile.
(I’m not going to clarify how much of this post is fanaticism and how much is humor. Even I’m not sure.)