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raw_anon_1111today at 12:33 AM2 repliesview on HN

So yes if it weren’t for people wanting convenience the “Year of Linux on the Desktop” would have happened 25 years ago.

What do you suggest? Everyone carry around their desktop computers and our CRT monitors like we did when we wanted to play Quake with friends?


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GaryBlutotoday at 1:16 AM

> What do you suggest? Everyone carry around their desktop computers and our CRT monitors like we did when we wanted to play Quake with friends?

The exercise would do people good. Jokes aside though, there is a nuance between completely inconvenient and designed for the marching morons.

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b00ty4breakfasttoday at 1:21 AM

yes, getting emails or text messages instead of having app alerts is luddism.

Get real, dawg

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