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aartur on Aug 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What killed the Linux desktop

> In my opinion, the problem with Linux on the Desktop is rooted in the developer culture that was created around it.

This developer culture DEFINES Linux. A fruit is either an apple or an orange. I couldn't have an OS with wonderful package management, developer tools, endless configurability AND a desktop Miguel de Icaza dreams of.

j-kidd on Aug 29, 2012 [–]

But I can have an OS with wonderful package management, developer tools, endless configurability AND a desktop Aaron Seigo and friends created.

fosap on Aug 29, 2012 | [–]

The desktop wouldn't be configurable. Or not much more than Channing the background image.

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