[lugm.org] What killed the Linux desktop

[Loganaden Velvindron]

Are you part of CERN :-) ?

http://twitter.com/DEVOPS_BORAT/status/223958565633802241 



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 From: Ajay R Ramjatan <ajay.ramjatan at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, 31 August 2012, 22:51
Subject: Re: [lugm.org] What killed the Linux desktop
 
I don't know about you all but my Linux desktop is pretty much alive
and working.

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (1) Migel is right:the fact that Linux desktop environments sometimes break
> backward compatibility and that different distributions tend to differ a lot
> internally means that it's actually tough for independent software
> developers to port their drivers and desktop apps to Linux.
>
> (2) But, I add, Linux on the desktop is not terribly important.. Linux on
> smartphones and tablets is the future and, of course, that's Android :-)
>
> Avinash
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Dominique DERRIER
> <d.derrier at linkbynet.com> wrote:
>>
>> <troll>
>> Yep > the truth is that pulseaudio ruined it. <<
>> (like java ?)
>> </troll>
>>
>>
>> See you :)
>>
>> De : Loganaden Velvindron
>> <gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk<mailto:gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk>>
>> Répondre à : Loganaden Velvindron
>> <gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk<mailto:gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk>>, LUGM Discuss Mailing List
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>> Date : Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:13:30 +0200
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>> No. the truth is that pulseaudio ruined it. Xorg is too horrible. yeah,
>> and anything invented
>> by
>> Lennart Poettering
>>  (systemd). :-)
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Vy-Shane Sin Fat <shane at node.mu<mailto:shane at node.mu>>
>> To: discuss at lugm.org<mailto:discuss at lugm.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2012, 20:58
>> Subject: [lugm.org] What killed the Linux desktop
>>
>> Pretty controversial post by de Icaza.
>>
>> The thing that I found really interesting is that he was essentially
>> making a case that desktop Linux is developer hostile. I thought that
>> was pretty damn ironic. After all, Linux is the poster child of Open
>> Source.
>>
>> http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Aug-29.html
>>
>> -shane
>>
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