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The future of Linux (lemmy.sdf.org)
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I'm not proposing anything here, I'm curious what you all think of the future.

What is your vision for what you want Linux to be?

I often read about wanting a smooth desktop experience like on MacOS, or having all the hardware and applications supported like Windows, or the convenience of Google products (mail, cloud storage, docs), etc.

A few years ago people were talking about convergence of phone/desktop, i.e. you plug your phone into a big screen and keyboard and it's now your desktop computer. That's one vision. ChromeOS has its "everything is in the cloud" vision. Stallman has his vision where no matter what it is, the most important part is that it's free software.

If you could decide the future of personal computing, what would it be?

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[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Network shares aren't exactly a new thing. They exist now for almost exactly half a century.

[–] Snoopy@jlai.lu 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes and i didn't reinvent the whell. However, I still remind people to do backup accross those devices. It's not news but it's not well applied by lot people, so i would hardcode it into the OS.

  • Do you have a phone ?

  • Please scan qr code

  • Choose folders

  • Do you have a mass storage device ?

  • Connect it

  • Chose folders

  • Warning : you haven't setup any backup

  • Warning : your last backup was last week. please connect your mass storage device to save your backup.

So, for something new, i would like to improve those utilities/tools and expand their use.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Android, Windows, and Apple products offer out-of-the-box backup to different cloud services.

They are so deeply integrated, that many people don't even know that their data is backed up.

And most Linux users object to it for exactly that reason.