I don't think Linux will ever be the dominant desktop OS, but that no longer matters because Desktop is no longer the dominant method of interacting with a computer.

You could argue that linux 'won' with Android (and unix 'won' with Android and iOS) but really those OSs are even more locked down than Windows ever was.

We won, but also we lost big.

MacOS and Windows keep getting worse, though, and Lxqt keeps not surprising me. That's all I need, but I fear for the next generation.

>We won, but also we lost big.

This is why the Steam Deck is important. It's a reminder that computers work for us and that games are supposed to be fun.

It's a shame that the mobile equivalents (Pine Phone, Librem 5) aren't competitive yet.

Termux used to be around to make Android feel like I was carrying linux around, but eventually Google (afaik) killed it by breaking everything so now I have JuiceSSH and a raspberry pi.

I'm weighing the price of keeping a cloud instance around just to play on when I'm not at home like I used to...

https://github.com/termux/termux-app

You just have to install it directly from the APK or via f-Droid.

I use it on Android 13 for simple mobile development and it works great.

For me, Termux is a killer app that makes my Android phone a general purpose pocket computer.