Shortcut is much simpler, in both the good and bad ways.
4GB is usable. I am not trying to fight.
I use quite a bit of old and underpowered kit. But I actually use it. The oldest laptop I use regularly is a 2009 MacBook Pro running Chimera Linux. It is only a Core 2 Duo but it has 8 GB of RAM. It runs all modern browsers and office suites. I can code on it. I can use Docker. I can do dev ops in the cloud. I can call into LLMs. Slow but capable. But I could not do much of this realistically with 4 GB (even slow).
One thing I am not doing is watching videos in 4K. The resolution is 1440x900 so it does not quite display even 1080p natively (so 1080p or even 720p for me—which is totally fine). I suspect most people who really only have 4 GB of RAM are in a similar situation.
Most people are running more than one application.
A huge problem with Debian Trixie is that it is shipping with NVIDIA drivers from before explicit sync was added (over a year ago). This is crazy to me.
But if you want to stay on X11, Debian Stable will support it for quite a few years yet even after KDE drops support.
If you are going to use Wayland (I do), it is worth using back ports to get newer NVIDIA drivers.
Debian Stable should really be called Debian Static (unchanging). Because they can ship unstable (crashy) software for years after other distros have moved on.
Are Co-ops not already a thing? How is this different?
NORAD (North American Air Defence) does not differentiate.
The closest NORAD jets were in Washington State. It is not complicated.
The same thing could happen in reverse.
Things will really take-off if Linux hits 10%.
Actually, if it hits 10%, I think it could go all the way.
Lots of “elite” distros to use. No need to ditch Linux.
That is an interesting take.
Surely the largest source of laptops is still for work though, many bought by the employer.
This has been a big problem historically. Agreed.
But you cite the solution yourself. Flatpak is all you need for effective distribution of commercial apps. GPL has nothing to do with it. There are already commercial apps in FlatHub.
What is missing is “paid” commercial apps. We have no “take my money” App Store in Linux. I think FlatHub is working on it. Honestly, I am surprised a commercial company has not launched one yet. Well, other than Steam of course.
Not sure how helpful the downvotes are
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-video-editors/