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[-] randy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Nice review of the historical trajectory of desktop Linux. I was surprised that the article mentioned Homebrew rather than Distrobox. This is the first time I've seen Homebrew given as a solution for command-line tools on an image-based desktop.

[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 3 points 2 days ago

It's probably because Distrobox only moves the distribution dependencies problem, while Homebrew handle dependencies itself. Homebrew is also the preferred way to install CLI packages on Universal Blue

[-] soldan@chachara.club 8 points 2 days ago

Great article

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

2026, the year of the Linux desktop.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Oh god, my eyes...

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

this is what peak internet looks like, what do you want, a lamp with ads all over it?

[-] aarch0x40@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

reader view, whew!

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

What happened to your eyes?

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