And on small screen devices with the sole input a fat finger it matters even more if you ask me.
It is not the OS.
On the desktop world, the UI is a component of the OS, and is responsible of the whole OS experience.
Hence why the successful OSes that happen to have UNIX internals, those internals are not exposed to the users, and are not optional for most development scenarios.
Hence why GNU/Linux on the desktop failed, while Linux kernel on the mobile and TVs with prescribed user and developer experience has succeed.
Not sure I agree with the last sentence, but an interesting point.
Also, to what extent is the UI part of, for example, Windows 11 ? I think Windows can run headless ?
Just like on macOS, while UNIX on the bottom layer, you don't get to plug something else instead of WindowServer and related low level APIs. Even with XQuartz, it builds on top of it, just like they build on top of Win32 on Windows.
You mean iOS when the UI sucks ? Or Android ? Or Windows ? /s
Speak for yourself. We use linux as a desktop since 1997.
I used linux as a desktop until about 2013, then switched to Mac OS. My linux boxes are headless now.
Given its similarity, webOS and Android could be considered the same OS if you're looking at it from an OS designer point of view, but that's meaningless to the readers of this article.
They should call sites like The Verge '"Tech" News'. Technical news for people who don't actually understand any of the actual technology involved.
And how do you measure it ? iOS is fast to start but some functions need some time.
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