cleverdevil
cleverdevil

Interestingly enough, The Year of Linux on the Desktop is 2020, because there is no such thing as a desktop app anymore. All you need is a web browser and 32 GB of RAM to be able to run all of your trash web apps. OS doesn't matter.

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ReaderJohn
ReaderJohn

@cleverdevil Then why not Chromebook? More seriously, I’ve got Mac apps I'm not letting go, like DevonThink.

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cleverdevil
cleverdevil

@ReaderJohn I was mostly saying that in jest. I still love macOS in many ways. Its the ecosystem around it that has degraded into a sea of “good enough” web apps and Electron trash. I wouldn’t switch to Linux or ChromeOS.

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ReaderJohn
ReaderJohn

@cleverdevil I saw the context after I Replied, but there's no going back on replies here (yet?).

If you were right instead of jesting, I’d still take Linux over Chromebook because Google.

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mcg
mcg

@cleverdevil One of the reasons I left the Linux desktop and moved to macOS, almost zero new native app development for Linux. You might get an Electron wrapper but that's it. I've been way happier with the selection of good native macOS apps.

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cleverdevil
cleverdevil

@mcg its true, but becoming less and less true every year as more apps move to the web and/or Electron wrappers. I am hoping we see a resurgence in native apps, but am not holding my breath...

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