Will this be the year of Linux on the desktop?

[jordiqui]

I think that the moment Ubuntu can be installed on smartphones and tablets, the increase will be considerable. But the latest news I have is that Ubuntu is a process loaded in the compilation of Cyanogen. That is, there is still no Linux operating system for these devices.

[Bm4n]

Ubuntu already has a version to install on some android phones. It has nothing to do with CM.

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[jordiqui]

@Bm4n:

Ubuntu already has a version to install on some android phones. It has nothing to do with CM.

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But as an operating system or as a process loaded in the android system memory, I tell you this because the last thing I had of Ubuntu was that. There was no native operating system. If you can add a link with the information it would be appreciated. Anyway, I think if there is something it will be for Nexus Of the rest nothing at all.

[Bm4n]

Ubuntu on phones | Ubuntu as far as I understand it is a complete OS.

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[whoololon]

And what difference does it make if it's called Ubuntu or Milagr-OS?
The point is that it's Linux.
What a desire to argue, joder. ;D

[cobito]

Just remember that the survey is focused on desktop PCs but not on servers, supercomputing centers or mobile phones.

[Bm4n]

Obviously Ubuntu mobil is an OS for mobiles, it has nothing to do with the question about desktop, since in mobiles Linux is already the majority thanks to Android. It is still in its infancy but I see it as logical that it will end up in tablets/touchscreen PCs. And prior to this Ubuntu mobil, it had been possible to run a desktop Ubuntu on an ARM mobile to, for example, use it when connecting the mobile to a monitor.

Be that as it may, the big problem with Linux, on the desktop, is that it doesn't generate money and therefore doesn't have the momentum as an OS that has its own stores or advertising. And apart from that there's the mentality of its audience, on Mac they are mostly used to paying for software, on Windows very little and there's a big problem with piracy, on Android they're used to advertising and freemium, and on Linux it's basically opensoft which has its good and bad side.

The good thing is that there's a large amount of free code to use, the bad thing is that there's not always someone willing to spend time on using it to create a good app especially in interface, plus it gets in the way of proprietary drivers as always, which if on x86 is quite standardized (like plugandplay) on mobiles/tablets this doesn't exist yet.

In summary, if Linux wants to grow it will have to find a capitalist partner who sees a business opportunity just as Valve has seen it for its gaming platform.

[rul3s]

I'm going to revive this with what I THINK will be the biggest change for Linux to date.

SteamOS

We are starting to see the first results of the effort that Valve is putting into Linux, games that are starting to run just as well or better than on Windows (See CS:GO) and the Gamer community, it's a community that if you have to switch to Linux to lower the lag by 5ms or increase the fps by 10, they will do it.

Besides, I see it as a double play, since initially they may ask to have SteamOs installed just to play, where they will have Windows to do the things they have always done, and SteamOS only for games, without programs/processes in the background that bother them, and from there it won't be long before they gradually migrate everything to Linux.

That's how I see it! It's our moment!!

[cobito]

All that is needed is for Steam Machines to hit the market and for the final version of SteamOS to appear. Considering that Steam Machines was planned for this year and that the period for including new features in Debian 8 (the distro from which SteamOS branches) has already closed, it is possible (if they have done things on time without us realizing) that it will become a product for this Christmas.

Once the machine and the operating system are up and running, it will be possible to know if Linux ends up taking hold in homes beyond Android.

On the other hand, it is good to know that Valve is contributing economically to improve the free drivers for AMD graphics cards through a company dedicated to this called LunarG and that considerable performance improvements are being achieved over the same Gallium3D.

If Linux doesn't take off on the desktop with this, it will mean that it will never do so unless something very strange happens.

[deeiivid]

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