Years ago I got laughed at for saying Haiku would beat linux to the FOSS desktop and I still think that will happen. Have been enjoying watching them pick up steam recently as they near their first release.<p>Edit: I am referring to widespread adoption and industry support, if that was not obvious. The biggest problem with the linux desktop is if you sell a linux computer a large number of people expect that to mean it will work perfectly with their favorite distro, not just what the manufacturer packages on it and that makes it a support nightmare. Haiku is a single entity and that will work in their favor, once they prove themselves viable I suspect the industry will start getting behind them in a way they never have with linux.
I think we have given Linux on the Desktop more than enough time to solve their chronic infighting issues and it appears that decades later, they still haven't solve them.<p>Even Chromebooks aren't being supported well [0] despite having a slither of a chance at challenging Apple Macs and I would expect ChromeOS to move to using Fuchsia.<p>Other than Chromebooks which are closed and controlled by Google, the Linux on the Desktop and it's FOSS distros is a <i>commercial</i> failure.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/21/23691840/us-pirg-education-fund-report-investigation-chromebook-churn" rel="nofollow">https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/21/23691840/us-pirg-educatio...</a>