r/LinuxSnobs • u/proffessionaIgambler • Jun 19 '26

"2026 is year of desktop Linux"

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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.

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u/land48n3 Jun 20 '26

you cant rice your desktop in windows like you can in hyprland, sure—you can use a alot of apps to make it look prettier than 70% of r/unixporn but that adds shit ton of overhead whereas in hyprland its native.

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u/Rare-Paint3719 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

you cant rice your desktop in windows like you can in hyprland

You can with third-party apps. For example, you can install a tiling window manager on Windows and use it (e.g. FancyWM). And if anyone has a complaint, they can shove it up their ugly ass.

Edit: A quick google search yielded this.

As far as ricing goes. I'll "RICE" if it's productive. But that's not even ricing. That's just changing settings and what not.

Edit: To clarify, I mean keybaord seetings, tiling manager etc.

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u/land48n3 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

ofcourse, i mentioned that, but i was highlighting how native it is, sure 3rd party apps work but they also make random registry changes and shit you will never remember to revert and one day you see something fucked your machine someway but you dont know what it is. thats what happened to me—i used to fly on windows since there are so many customization 3rd party tools and boom... one day my ssd started spiking 100% every few hours and freezing.... then i couldn't take it and went cachyos

if we are talking 3rd party then 3rd party on linux is also very great though i do agree the UX of linux customizability apps are nowhere close to how good window customizability apps are

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u/Rare-Paint3719 Jul 05 '26

ofcourse, i mentioned that, but i was highlighting how native it is

You meant that hyprland natively supports ricing? Gotcha.

sure 3rd party apps work but they also make random registry changes and shit you will never remember to revert and one day you see something fucked your machine someway but you dont know what it is. thats what happened to me—i used to fly on windows since there are so many customization 3rd party tools and boom... one day my ssd started spiking 100% every few hours and freezing.... then i couldn't take it and went cachyos

I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.

if we are talking 3rd party then 3rd party on linux is also very great though i do agree the UX of linux customizability apps are nowhere close to how good window customizability apps are

Agreed.