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Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1095425/2d9f411252325784/
16•signa11•2h ago

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gchamonlive•39m ago
People have different ideas of what's good UX, because everybody comes from their own tradition of using desktops. Some people don't see anything wrong worth evolving from with mouse, point, click. The kind of thinking from the article, from someone that only worked on big companies, is the thinking from someone looking for the next big product, which I look with suspicion. At some point this stops being about good UX and starts being about a good product that makes good profit.

True revolution in UX will come from making customisation accessible, so everyone can decide what's best for them without losing their minds in endless customisation rabbit holes or having to rely on big and clumsy organizations.

jorl17•27m ago
I watched the full video and, as with the previous talk, absolutely loved it.

I hope Scott keeps spreading the good word and inspiring others to take different perspectives

wopwops•26m ago
Please give me the option to not use the, "Innovations."
SA9G•21m ago
I remember Windows trying to look like my smartphone screen a few years back... that was when I switched to Ubuntu!
dmitrygr•3m ago

  > He thought that it would be possible to do the things he was demonstrating with Wayland as it is today.
Yeah, with that AND The cooperation and rewrite of every app to actually support usecases like "if dragged to side of screen, get smaller and smaller eventually becoming a widget"

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https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2026/09/snapdragon-summit-agentic-ai-pcs-linux
262•aaronday•6h ago•124 comments

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32•karmanyaahm•1h ago•28 comments

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573•raahelb•11h ago•588 comments

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105•JohnHammersley•6h ago•14 comments

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170•Rapzid•8h ago•110 comments

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166•nmeagent•4h ago•153 comments

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https://github.com/nestrilabs/virtio-nvgpu
47•WanjohiRyan•4h ago•17 comments

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318•polymorph1sm•5h ago•274 comments

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98•doubletwoyou•2d ago•12 comments

Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1095425/2d9f411252325784/
18•signa11•2h ago•5 comments

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402•avidly•13h ago•95 comments

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79•Retro_Dev•6h ago•49 comments

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118•yarapavan•11h ago•43 comments

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29•philzook•3d ago•0 comments

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73•doppp•3h ago•54 comments

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66•victormustar•10h ago•7 comments

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278•swolpers•13h ago•127 comments

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Radicle: Disclosure of Vulnerability in the Network Protocol

https://radicle.dev/2026/09/23/disclosure-of-vulnerability-in-network-protocol
133•lostmsu•13h ago•52 comments

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https://blog.cloudflare.com/vary-support/
108•thisisfatih•7h ago•23 comments