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2026 is the year of the Linux desktop
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this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026
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20 years ago Linux couldn't play 95% of Windows games seamlessly without tinkering, couldn't easily produce music without a lot of tinkering and few DAWs, couldn't effectively video edit (Kdenlive is good now, and Davimci Resolve now supports Linux), and it had spotty WiFi card support.
All of those are now no longer a problem, and make transitioning to it far easier for a much wider swath of people.