The year of Linux has been basically every year since 2003. Virtually every server runs on some form of Linux and with containerization, even the Windows servers are secretly running a bunch of Linux machines though a hypervisor.
The year of the Linux desktop is the one that’s a bit of a meme. X11 has been dragged kicking and screaming into to 21st century, but the general consensus now seems to be it’s time to take it out back and shoot it. Wayland is quickly becoming the new standard.
It will legitimately become easier to develop desktop applications on Linux once this all becomes standardized. The reason so many companies target Windows is because Microsoft has a ton of proprietary but managed apis for building desktop apps. Ones that are not compatible with X11.
im not a hater of linux, btw. around 2012-2014 i was a linux desktop user. tried the switch but had to come back unfortunately due to work related reasons
I still use Windows at work. We use ArcGIS Pro so it’s necessary (me and a bunch of other people in the geodev community are pissed about that and constantly tell at ESRI but they just keep trying to push AI while their software breaks)
Have switched to Fedora on all my home machines. Basically just RDP into my workstation if I need to do anything windows dependant.
2010 The year of Linux2011 The year of Linux2012 The year of Linux2013 The year of Linux2014 The year of Linux2015 The year of Linux2016 The year of Linux2017 The year of Linux2018 The year of Linux2019 The year of Linux2020 The year of Linux2021 The year of Linux2022 The year of Linux2023 The year of Linux2024 The year of Linux2025 The year of Linux2026 The year of Linux
The year of Linux has been basically every year since 2003. Virtually every server runs on some form of Linux and with containerization, even the Windows servers are secretly running a bunch of Linux machines though a hypervisor.
The year of the Linux desktop is the one that’s a bit of a meme. X11 has been dragged kicking and screaming into to 21st century, but the general consensus now seems to be it’s time to take it out back and shoot it. Wayland is quickly becoming the new standard.
It will legitimately become easier to develop desktop applications on Linux once this all becomes standardized. The reason so many companies target Windows is because Microsoft has a ton of proprietary but managed apis for building desktop apps. Ones that are not compatible with X11.
im not a hater of linux, btw. around 2012-2014 i was a linux desktop user. tried the switch but had to come back unfortunately due to work related reasons
I still use Windows at work. We use ArcGIS Pro so it’s necessary (me and a bunch of other people in the geodev community are pissed about that and constantly tell at ESRI but they just keep trying to push AI while their software breaks)
Have switched to Fedora on all my home machines. Basically just RDP into my workstation if I need to do anything windows dependant.