Desktop/Laptop GNU/Linux Picks
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FOSS Weekly #22.33: Features of Fedora 37, Ubuntu 22.10, GNOME 43, KDE 5.26, Explaining Linux to Beginners and More
Linux is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are. But once you befriend Linux, you'll have the best friend for life.
Any operating system could be complicated. In Linux, you have the opportunity to take control of the system completely. Right?
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[Older] The Year of the Linux Desktop - by Matt Hartley
One of my biggest grievances with the current state of Linux journalism is the sheer volume of puff pieces passed off as quality content. I'll be among the first to admit there are some decent technology writers still puttering around. Yet despite years of experience in the tech space, far too many of them fall victim to the deadly writing assignment "Year of the Linux Desktop" type articles.
Editors often assign puff piece articles with one laser focused thought in their tiny little brains - eyeballs on the article in question. These editorial minions of mediocrity have no interest in furthering the adoption of Linux on the desktop. They simply wish to make their monthly readership quotas so they can assign additional puff pieces to a willing batch of wet behind-the-ear tech writers.
And this brings us to the hottest Linux topic next to a new Ubuntu release announcement - The Year of the Linux Desktop. (Insert dramatic music here…or something)
The concept of this topic is nothing new. It's been recycled off and on for years by countless publications. In 2017, Linux enthusiasts were told by a well known presenter for the Linux Foundation that this would be the year of the Linux desktop. Well, perhaps not exactly.
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[Older] 9 great reasons why I need to write this article about switching to Linux
I don't believe it's any secret that PCWorld is laser-focused on topics they can cultivate into advertising dollars. I get it. We all have to eat. PCWorld's focus is illustrated with its emphasis on hardware, mobile devices, and proprietary software. All of which is perfectly reasonable.