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> Sadly, many of them look like ghost towns That is why I think we are still in early days of the (fediverse-powered) web. All this fringe tech will blossom ev
by cyberlab 5y ago
> Sadly, many of them look like ghost towns
That is why I think we are still in early days of the (fediverse-powered) web. All this fringe tech will blossom eventually and we can live the 'decentralists dream' we all seem to be pushing for. Give it time. Yes, effort is still needed, and we all need to do our part to make it work, but simply being patient too, waiting for all this tech to bloom will be worth it.
- dwighttk 5y ago…year of Linux on the desktop
- detaro 5y agoPretty much the same applies: I'm quite happy with my Linux desktop, I don't need it to dominate the world to be useful. (for social stuff of course additional network effects apply, but if you are in the right communities that's easily hit)
- Miraste 5y agoThat’s fine for Linux but it doesn’t work so well for networks.
- the_local_host 5y agoLinux desktop/laptop is actually pretty usable nowadays - installing Ubuntu on a laptop is much less of an "adventure" than it used to be, with fewer incantations needed to get things working.
- the_local_host 5y agoIn fact I just installed Ubuntu on a laptop this evening, and it worked really well. (I did make sure others had met with success with this specific model of laptop before I tried it though.) Things have come a long way since "linux on the desktop" first emerged as a meme.
- eitland 5y agoFWIW I've considered Linux better for my purposes since 15 or so years ago and easier than Windows since over a decade ago when I had to spend 4 hours to "configure" an OEM install. (That included everything from I clicked the button until I had uninstalled McAfee and every other useless thing but still.)