alt Hacker NewsBut unlike the year of the Linux desktop (any year now!), the promise of the Web as the app platform of the future seems to recede ever further into the distance.
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waterTanuki • today at 12:10 AM
Linux has been smashing records on the steam hardware survey for months now. People I knew who refused to touch anything else but windows are now using framework laptops with Mint or Ubuntu. 2026 absolutely has been the year of the Linux desktop.
The web is the app platform of today. Many, many things that would have been local applications are now web apps. Document editing, email, chat, collaboration...