> 2026 can without irony be named as Year of Linux Desktop, right?

For whom? Average desktop users? Average users don't know what LittleSnitch is, let alone calling it "popular software."

For Linux desktop users. A bit of tongue-in-cheek but that's pretty much the argument that I've heard in some circles ("it works for us and not going away anytime soon - why waste time convincing others?").

That's some beautiful, text-book straw man!

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So for whom?