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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

🐧 Linux, product and the art of essence // Dedoimedo

「 In 2010-ish era, with mechanical disks, I was able to achieve 15-second boot times, and as little as 8.5 seconds with SSD. In that second article, you will see an almost 100% variation in results among different Ubuntu flavors, as it happens. In 2025-26, "modern" distros boot in 15-plus seconds on NVMe storage. The software bloat managed to annul the 5-25x improvements in hardware in this period. Wonderful 」

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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

#linux #systemd #wayland #opensource #rant
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-product-philosophy.html

Linux, product and the art of essence

Article and rant about the lack of product-focused approach in Linux desktop development, concepts of philosophy and essence of product, Wayland and systemd examples over the years, growing and alarming fragmentation, the choice fallacy of open source, and more
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Sebastiaan Ammerlaan 🇳🇱
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@bammerlaan@mastodon.nl  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

@jbz I'm not entirely sure I agree with "Is the Linux desktop more stable than it was 15 years ago? Nope."

But then, Dedoimedo is known for being grumpy. At least, that's how I know them.

I wonder if they're on Mastodon?

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