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We’ve had “internet search bars” (aka web browsers) in Linux since the early 90s. The web started on NeXT/Unix, not Windows.

In terms of desktop environment features there is no comparison. The variety of options and widgets in Linux DE’s extends far beyond the basic shit available in Windows.

It took Windows several decades to get virtual desktops (Windows 11). Linux had that in 1993.

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Edge has supported multiple search engines for a long time too. That is not what we are talking about.

I understood they were referring to the search bar in Windows 11 which I use every day at work. I am saying that feature is redundant since everyone has internet search in the browser. In Linux we have also have DE widgets that provide the same internet search functionality in the taskbar or a popup triggered with a keyboard combo. The Plasma Search plugin framework for KDE is way more powerful and configurable than Windows 11 search.

The Plasma web search plugin includes ~100 search engines / services OOTB.

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