<story><title>System76 Reportedly Developing Their Own Rust-Written Desktop</title><url>https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=Pop-OS-New-Rust-Desktop</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bubblethink</author><text>This is excellent news for the simple reason that the business goals are aligned for desktop linux. Nobody makes money on desktop linux and it&amp;#x27;s in a terrible state. Canonical gave up on this and is chasing snaps for servers, IoT, etc. RH also makes money only on servers. Other players are too small and won&amp;#x27;t have consistent revenue to invest any resources. If S76 becomes a successful h&amp;#x2F;w vendor, at least it is in their interest to make desktop suck less.</text></comment>
<story><title>System76 Reportedly Developing Their Own Rust-Written Desktop</title><url>https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=Pop-OS-New-Rust-Desktop</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jeroenhd</author><text>Does the Linux ecosystem really need yet another desktop environment? I get that sometimes a group of volunteers and enthusiasts get together to start such a project, but how does it make sense for a business like System76 to write their own instead of forking a different DE with decent support already?&lt;p&gt;There are so many desktop environments already, all causing grief for anyone trying to switch to Linux with their own stupid choices and incompatibilities. It&amp;#x27;s probably too early to say anything about System76&amp;#x27;s project, but I fear it&amp;#x27;ll only complicate Linux adoption more, hurting their own sales in the long term.</text></comment>