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90% of the problems Linux has had in the last 10 years are due to trying to unify desktop UI with mobile. This is fundamentally a mistake and it is critical to avoid it.


> 90% of the problems Linux has had in the last 10 years are due to trying to unify desktop UI with mobile.

To be fair, Apple and Microsoft have also failed to try to unify desktop UI with mobile.


Yeah, but they have enough other failures that this one alone can't reach 90%.

Linux has had other major dramas but not failures.




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