Let's talk about Desktop Linux Platform Issues [1:00:38]

What’s holding back Linux on the desktop? Speakers: probono - https://media.ccc.de/search?p=probono [https://media.ccc.de/search?p=probono] Language: English Tags: #froscon2018, There’s a Tux in your window Event page: https://programm.froscon.de/2018/events/2146.html [https://programm.froscon.de/2018/events/2146.html] — To make Linux on the desktop successful on a level comparable to Windows and macOS, it is key to think about the Linux desktop as a core OS platform that makes certain platform stability guarantees to developers, rather than a bunch of packages distributed by a Linux distribution. As of today, there is a number of issues making the deployment of applications to the Linux desktop unnecessarily cumbersome. In this talk we will highlight real-world difficulties in using the Linux desktop platform as of today, and present some ideas on how to fix them.