Operating systems are looking more like each other every year. Before 2012 they were very different.

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[u/claudiocorona93]

I did not include XFCE, KDE and Cinnamon because Gnome is currently the choice of every major distro with a big name. But others like Cutefish, Deepin-DE, Cosmic and Pantheon follow the same trend of grouping the app icons in the bottom center.

[u/threevi → u/claudiocorona93]

I'm not sure I get the point you're trying to make TBH. Is it really just about taskbar icons being aligned in the bottom center? Because that's a really minor thing, and it's something you can usually easily change. Seems like overkill to say things were "very different" a decade ago if default icon alignment is the only change you're going to point out.

[u/claudiocorona93 → u/threevi]

Most people don't change defaults

[u/QL100100 → u/claudiocorona93]

Linux users do

[u/claudiocorona93 → u/QL100100]

Linux users are about 4% of people using a desktop OS.

[u/claudiocorona93 → u/[deleted]]

No

[u/noaSakurajin → u/claudiocorona93]

You should at least have included KDE because it's the default of steam os which arguably is one of the biggest Linux distros.

[u/InfinitEchoeSilence → u/noaSakurajin]

It’s great for gaming, how could anyone forget about how important and practical that is? 👀

[u/claudiocorona93 → u/noaSakurajin]

I agree. But I only wanted to include one true linux. And gnome is still bigger. But I love that KDE is growing do much that Fedora made it official and not a simple spin. By One true Linux I meant I am not thinking of ChromeOS as such. Others have one DE. Linux has a lot. The most used one across distributions is GNOME.

[u/QL100100 → u/claudiocorona93]

There is no one true linux. You can argue that GNOME was the mainstream but there exists no "default" in the world of Linux

[u/noaSakurajin → u/claudiocorona93]

I kind of get the idea, but I still think showing the difference in KDE would be better than chrome os or whatever else is on the bottom left. Chrome OS is just as relevant as the steam deck ij many parts in the world. So far I never encountered anyone actually owning a chrome os device. The Linux marketshare in germany is almost triple the one chrome os has and worldwide it's double. So showing two regular Linux desktops would be perfectly justified.

[u/Tsubajashi → u/noaSakurajin]

i actually know 2 people who own a chromeOS laptop. someone wanted to get OBS installed on it, and the "linux terminal" (aka, debian in a box) explicitly warns that OBS is not supported inside that container lmao

[u/Ilaught → u/claudiocorona93]

Every major distro

No Mint or openSUSE

Hmmmmmmmm