@itsfoss adjacent but still huge: Proton.
@itsfoss I started using it.
@itsfoss drivers, especially for WiFi and sound.
Mostly just works now.
@tootbrute @itsfoss And printers. This is the right answer.
@itsfoss GNOME ever improving user experience; installation process; software options
@itsfoss Taking the end user into consideration.
@itsfoss configuring X. Jesus, that used to be a nightmare 20 years ago.
Hardware support is so much better than 20 years ago.
UI design and usability has devolved a lot, though.
2009/10 was the peak for UI, in any OS. Some things are better (search emphasis over application menu with categories), but a lot is worse.
@itsfoss Proton. It's game changer
@itsfoss Proton works really well nowadays.
@Nekofreak Agree, the future of Linux gaming is bright. 
@itsfoss
Switching to a wayland DE
Hardware support, and kernel optimization.
@itsfoss Flathub and Flatpak finally provides a unique way to install applications across all Linux distributions.
@itsfoss@mastodon.social More games playable on Linux
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1. Kernel modules
2. I no longer have to build kernels. No more "make config"!
3. Desktop Environments
4. No more hand crafted modelines.
@HankB Nice!
@itsfoss Easy to use Desktops for Beginners, who switch from Windows or Mac. Good hardware support. Installation especially on Notebooks is more simple than Install Windows.
@itsfoss Going from <1% to 4.4% desktop market share in the last two or three years. Seems like the most notable improvement for the entire platform.
@itsfoss It's 2024, and I use my Linux Mint laptop day after day, week after week, month after month without a bug or care. It "just works" for me. This "boringness" is something I deeply appreciate.
For the longest time before this final-feeling long-awaited "made it" state (on my laptop), there was always some irritation, some compromise, some papercut that would spur me to distro-hop every 9-ish months or so.
Now I don't _really_ care what a distro is, as I finally feel settled. Laptop? Linux Mint. Raspberry Pi? Raspberry Pi OS. And a VPS in the cloud? Debian.
@sbb @itsfoss I've finally felt comfortable that it can be my gaming platform, now I only need to dual boot to update the BIOS! (looking at you, HP, Asus, etc.)
The Mint app "store" has come a long, long, long way as well, and flatpak apps were not on the menu when I started using Linux as my daily driver.
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@itsfoss no alt text for an image of some text >:(
@itsfoss Main improvements: 1. Drivers for our of the box use of common hardware 2. The general ease of use of most distributions (even for beginners). 3. Graphical user interface making things possible without any knowledge of terminal commands. 4. Simple installation and/or live sessions
@fablog Yes! You have listed some good ones. 
@itsfoss Gnu/Linux ecosystems is now stable enough to daily drive rolling release on my dev computer. Before I had all kind of problems and stuck to 6 months release cycle