231: Is Linux Desktop Near The End: Fact or FUD?

[Ulfnic]

Huge smile on my face, thank you so much for taking this topic on.

I think Ryan hit it pretty good, these discussion are happening with or without us and I think it’s good to have DLN taking a seat at the table.

Discussion thread here:

Lunduke on the end of Linux

In the spirit of Rule 64 USER_LEVEL += $(( $ENCOURAGEMENT * $CRITIQUE * $DETERMINATION )) Lunduke’s had some very interesting takes lately that I haven’t heard much of elsewhere and they’re quite an eye opener. That isn’t to say they’re all perfect but I think some things ring true. WireGuard and Wayland for example are considered very positive moves away from OpenVPN and XOrg largerly because of their comparatively simple codebase leading to better security, ease of development, bug finding,…