Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel

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8 points·DonnyV··3 comments

I've said all along, Linux on the desktop will happen once people don't care so much about the desktop. This day is almost upon us. To a lot of people, the web browser is the computer. Everything they do starts at google.com.

What is likely to happen will be a lot like Linux on the phone --- Linux may be buried in there somewhere but most users won't recognize it --- or even care.

If Android qualifies as a Linux victory, then a similar one may be on the way.

While I think it would be a nice solution, I think it is speculation at best at this point, both the article and that the desktop is dead.

Most businesses will probably never leave the desktop and I think the market is actually growing again. Compared to most phones, PC desktops are devices that can easily last a decade. Not mine, but those of casual users, so a saturation would be expected.

Tablets never reached the scale of the desktop market and aside from painting, I wouldn't even know what to do with them. Maybe give them to some stupid pupils... We now have 250 million desktops sold annually.

On the other hand I like to see the faces of proponents of the day of the Linux desktop, if it finally boots while playing the well known windows fanfare.

Still, having a Linux desktop that isn't full of telemetry and lock-in features and is well supported would be a dream.

This is missing a key three words from the end of the headline — "Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond"

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