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Rethink what “fragmented” really means for Linux and why it matters.

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Linux Desktop is Fragmented (And That's NOT a Bad Thing)

Linux desktop is often described as fragmented, but with the right perspective, it becomes clear that this description only makes sense if you see Linux as a single, unified product, and expect it act like one. It isn't, and so it doesn't.
Roland Taylor (It's FOSS)
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FXBOY4EVA
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So maybe stop using an idiotically incorrect word to refer to the situation.

Maybe call it what it is.

DIVERSE.

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.@itsfoss The article makes good sense to me. I am glad that there are so many options in the ecosystem. I'd probably be using some other OS entirely if the only option for a GUI was gnome.
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This is an optimistic look at Linux fragmentation. However looking at it optimistically doesn't remove the hurdle for developers to write Linux apps. The other day I was thinking about making my app run under Linux. And then I was thinking, wait I have to learn this and that first? Without common standards it's really hard for developers to make their Android apps available on Linux. Otherwise we would have had a Linux phone by now.
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Olle Gladsø
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What a great article and perspective!
And no AI slop.
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That VW Guy
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Flatpak and KDE apps don't follow the rules that I set for my GTK apps, even simple stuff like window controls on the left. If I install a KDE app it needs to drag in half of the available KDE libraries so I don't use them even if they're better. So my choice is use my preferred gnome and lose apps or use KDE which I don't like.

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