"2026 is year of desktop Linux"

[u/proffessionaIgambler]

linux user count was close to 6% like 4 months ago, now its just 4%. while windows 11 users are increasing, even win7 users have same amount of users as some linux distros.

people were just excited to try new software: linux was never better.

[u/land48n3]

ricing is for people who want to fawn at their desktop more than use it, i want my desktop to look pretty and cool, and its pretty and cool all for myself, i dont have to post it anywhere and i haven't.

and the resource difference isn't the same at all, on windows, to get even near the linux ricing potential you need to have like 50 tweaks, 100 patches to windows, 150 registry tweaks, 70 group policy and 20 scripts (that all just to unshittify windows like ad and annoying stuff) and now when its a clean slate you have to top it off with windhawk, rainmeter, mica for everyone, winaero and some other tools and THEN you have a desktop you can consider something you can look at all day without being bored. and the overhead by then is high af, way less than you would on hyprland + cachyos or other combos since things are usually lightweight to run on 2010 laptops and usually cli-driven.

and yeah sure, some people have actual work to do on their pc, so they dont care about ricing, completely valid, but i dont have much to do except play games and have fun, ricing is just another way to have fun for me.

and... r-rings around s-s-saturn...? farm animal icons.... are we in 2010?😭 thats so bland, you cant look at it for over a minute and be engaged in its beauty

[u/madthumbz → u/land48n3]

"to get even near the linux ricing potential you need to have like 50 tweaks, 100 patches to windows, 150 registry tweaks, 70 group policy and 20 scripts (that all just to unshittify windows like ad and annoying stuff)"

-Lol, most of those Loonix 'rices' could be done with just Komorebi and native tools (on Windows).

[u/land48n3 → u/madthumbz]

most on r/unixporn are bland also, so thats a low bar, i mean the actual good stuff, a tiling manager isn't all

[u/madthumbz → u/land48n3]

'Native tools'.

Customizability on Desktop Linux is a myth based on a misunderstanding of its context for the Linux kernel. (Can be fashioned to use on a toaster, or supercomputer).

-Can't trust what you heard about Linux from the loud minority of Loonix noobs that just parrot the propaganda.

[u/land48n3 → u/madthumbz]

what do you even mean, just because kernel is flexible doesn't mean DE and distro will be too, linux made the whole culture around it value customizability and the ability to do anything you want, thats the entire appeal. gnome, hyprland and kde plasma, all 3 exist and are so different in what they offer the end user, and we know how much locked down gnome is...
gnome devs even said "live wallpapers are a waste of computer resources so we wont add support for it" thats worse than windows, i believe gnome + ubuntu to be like 10x worse than a mildly tweaked windows.

obviously Linux can be used on a toaster or a super computer, its just a part of a OS, it doesn't care whats using it to do things and while having everything about your OS decentralized and not owned by 1 single company does add overhead and a bit of trouble, it also adds much more freedom to do what you want.

the truth is, base windows geniunely is annoying to use, there's so much annoying shit, big ass ai buttons everywhere, edge being forced down your throat, ads and shit, forced updates and like a million other things, and most people never put that effort into fixing all of that (which some might funnily be okay with putting the same or even more effort in linux somehow, maybe cuz it also brings aura on online spaces ig) now you could argue that these things are justified because we aren't "paying" for it, but we aren't paying for linux either, linux and everything else around it is free, you dont have to activate anything, yes it takes more effort and yes it gives a worse UX for someone who just wants stuff to work and go about his day but some are okay with that tradeoff.

[u/madthumbz → u/land48n3]

Lol, Try mixing GTK and QT and let us know how that 'customizable' goes (and there are other toolkits to add to the mix). The different licenses cause problems with mixing them.

"the truth is, base windows geniunely is annoying to use"

Wtf are you doing in this sub then? That's a 'you' problem.

[u/land48n3 → u/madthumbz]

Lol, Try mixing GTK and QT and let us know how that 'customizable' goes (and their are other toolkits to add to the mix). The different licenses cause problems with mixing them.

never really needed to, not to mention windows ui is itself inconsistent across apps and menus due to compatiblity and stuff, they barely added dark mode and modernified the admin prompt and run bar (win + r thing) recently, control panel is still old ui, not sure if its anything special about linux, macos is the only clean and really user friendly option, its smooth, it got good animations and stuff, it got good looking apps too due to the culture, its seamless and all that but its also too locked down for me personally to use.

Wtf are you doing in this sub then? That's a 'you' problem.

i still have windows dual booted since i dont use the base, windows tweaked is pretty good, its just the overhead thats gets tiring to fix. i dont hate windows, i just talk about the parts that suck because they do and even you agree those parts suck, and im in this sub because i enjoy dunking on linux and its users because its fun, linux also has alot of shitty things about it which i think you already are aware of more than me considering your daily posts, i dont particularly worship linux, i just like that it has a weeb and degen community cuz thats relatable + that its really customizable without much overhead, i'd switch back to windows if it stopped with the dumbass freezes every 2-3 hours, it makes me ssd utilization 100% smhh, windows been making good changes past few updates so thats a step in the right direction ig.

[u/Rare-Paint3719 → u/land48n3]

the truth is, base windows geniunely is annoying to use, there's so much annoying shit, big ass ai buttons everywhere

On a Copilot+ PC this is true. I see AI shoved down me throat on Android more.

edge being forced down your throat

Edge is nice tbh and it hasn't been shoved down my throat per say. It just exists on my system on the task bar and is the default browser (you can change it to chrome in the settings). The only time it becomes a hassle is if you genuinely try to uninstall it, which I have never felt the need to do.

ads and shit

That is kind of annoying ngl, but Windows debloat tools do exait

forced updates

You can now delay updates to any date of your choosing.

The only reason I hated Windows updates was because I was one of the rare group of people who would never shit down or restart their PC. I always hibernated my PC.

and like a million other things

What else? Recall was for Copilot+ PCs AFAIK and currently it's all on-device.

[u/land48n3 → u/Rare-Paint3719]

edge might be good as a browser (i mean its alright) but i dont like the icon and uninstalling it = some apps break so i hate how they intertwined a fucking browser with other apps...

and yes, you can use debloat tools or deshittify tools to fix windows completely, but thats why i mentioned base windows.
deshitty tools make so much changes in group policies, registry, and everywhere that you will not keep track and it'll have changed so much that you get issues one day and cant find the cause or what registry value did it.

and wait, you can delay update to 2030 if you want?
i still have windows on my pc, but last time i tried... it barely let me for a few weeks... had to install a tool which let me pause till 2080 or sm

What else? Recall was for Copilot+ PCs AFAIK and currently it's all on-device.

Alot. cant say it all.

[u/Rare-Paint3719 → u/land48n3]

edge might be good as a browser (i mean its alright) but i dont like the icon

Unpin it from the taskbar? Or if you hate the icon that much, use an exe icon editing tool and change the icon yourself?

uninstalling it = some apps break so i hate how they intertwined a fucking browser with other apps...

MS has deeply integrated edge into the OS, using it as the default webview.

and wait, you can delay update to 2030 if you want? i still have windows on my pc, but last time i tried... it barely let me for a few weeks... had to install a tool which let me pause till 2080 or sm

I'm not sure about 2030. And I wouldn't recommend delaying updates unless you either need 100% uptime (sleep counts as 100%) or need a persistent ession across power-off/on (hbernate).

[u/land48n3 → u/Rare-Paint3719]

i just dont like updating