[TriLUG] Linux Desktop

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

I still don't think the "year of Linux on the desktop" is just around the
corner yet, but I will say that more and more folks do seem to be trying it
out.

After my SSD died recently, I installed Debian on my Thinkpad and just run
QuickBooks in a VM until I can get rid of Intuit.

Honestly it's been great.  There's nothing I haven't been able to do on it.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM Stephen Wiley via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> IMO the "user unfriendliness" of desktop Linux using the shell for most
> things makes using agent harnesses way more effective on it. You can
> just tell codex or opencode or your own custom harness "make this
> happen" and it happens with little, if any, fuss.
>
> It's also way easier to try weird stuff on that AI might make more
> practical where non-free OSes tend to have canned, highly opinionated
> GUIs.
>
> --Stephen
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 05:10:31PM -0400, Dwain Sims via TriLUG wrote:
> >
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-desktop-use-surged-on-one-workday-cloudflare-data-shows/
> >
> > I know I got a lot of naysayers when I posted something like this before,
> > but here is yet another story about the growth of Linux on the desktop.
> It
> > looks like AI workbench usage;  what do I know....
> >
> > Dwain
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