What happened with Linux in 2018

[Bradley Prior]

What happened with Linux in 2018

Linux continued to dominate the realms of servers and smartphones in 2018, and the pace of development of distributions and the Linux kernel remained relentless.

Kernel developers had their hands full this year, having to deal with the disclosure of significant vulnerabilities in the CPUs used by almost every desktop computer and web server in the world – Spectre and Meltdown.

 

[dabbler]

I'm dual booting Windows 10 and KDE Neon. Just for fun. No more.

 

[rogerwe]

Elementary OS FTW!

Each to their own, but Elementary OS for me has made my Linux experience great again.

 

[aktiv]

Been distro hopping for many years, but this year settled on MX Linux
Awesome on old low spec hardware

 

[Lord Nikon6]

This is the year I moved from Arch Linux to something less "interesting" to run. Never thought I would, but I actually ran Ubuntu for a while this year. Sometimes you get to a point where you just need things to work without having "fun" getting it to work.

 

[ekske1]

This is the year I moved from Arch Linux to something less "interesting" to run. Never thought I would, but I actually ran Ubuntu for a while this year. Sometimes you get to a point where you just need things to work without having "fun" getting it to work.

I've got Fedora for that, otherwise its still Manjaro. ahaha.

 

[Joka69]

Running CentOS on my Media PC and it just works.

 

[Lord Nikon6]

I've got Fedora for that, otherwise its still Manjaro. ahaha.

I really like Fedora, but I have always, when given a choice between deb based and Red Hat/rpm based, chosen rpm based. I felt it was time for me to give the other side of the fence a try. I would be lying if I said I don't miss rpm, then again, it is dnf now...

I tried Manjaro once, thought it was pretty cool, but for some reason I went back to Arch, like someone hitting their head against a wall for "fun". Old habits die hard I guess.

 

[abandonallhope]

Linus Torvalds' bad behaviour gets a mention, but nothing of Red Hat that got bought out by IBM?

Nice. You just can't help it, can you?

 

[Skerminkel]

..., but nothing of Red Hat that got bought out by IBM?
...

Also nothing about yours truly starting to use a Linux desktop full time for my own non-it business.