{"id":3276,"date":"2023-09-19T16:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?page_id=3276"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:43:56","slug":"the-gobbledygook-that-is-desktop-linux-special-purpose-linuxes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/tech\/operating-systems\/linux\/special-purpose-linuxes\/the-gobbledygook-that-is-desktop-linux-special-purpose-linuxes\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018<i>Gobbledygook<\/i>\u2019 that *IS* \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux &#8211; \u2018<i>Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes<\/i>\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #bf0041;\">(<b>8\/0<\/b><b>6<\/b><b>\/2021<\/b> \u2013 Some links had expired and were removed for this transfer) <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has ever visited a Linux Forum probably understands what the word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/us\/dictionary\/english\/gobbledygook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gobbledygook<\/strong><\/a> means.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3277 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/74074-gobbledygook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/74074-gobbledygook.jpg 650w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/74074-gobbledygook-500x308.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Those Forums seem filled wid what Linus Torvalds calls \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/www.franksworld.com\/2021\/05\/05\/linus-torvalds-on-why-desktop-linux-stinks\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>normal people<\/strong><\/a>\u201d \u2013 \u2018<em>\u201cOne of the problems Desktop\u201d Linux has is it\u2019s not made for \u201cnormal people, and by normal people I mean, obviously nontechnical people\u2026\u201d<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Linux Forums are <em>basically<\/em> for \u201cnormal people\u201d who ignore Linus Torvalds\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/www.franksworld.com\/2021\/05\/05\/linus-torvalds-on-why-desktop-linux-stinks\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">advice<\/a>. For the most part, those Forms seem to be run by rude \u201cnormal people\u201d pretending to be \u2018<em>Technical<\/em>\u2019 people. There are exceptions, e.g. the <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/forum.endeavouros.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EndeavourOS Forum<\/a> is one of the best Linux Forms I have seen.<\/p>\n<p>Other than checking out what a Distro\u2019s problems are \u2013 <em><u>during my tests<\/u><\/em> \u2013 I avoid those forums. If I personally need an answer for one of my <em>Permanent Linux OSes<\/em>, a simple Google search often solves the problem. Without a doubt, Ubuntu is the most popular Distro, and during any Google search that fact becomes obvious, i.e. Ubuntu always has answers listed in those searches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/tech\/operating-systems\/linux\/special-purpose-linuxes\/the-gobbledygook-that-is-desktop-linux-special-purpose-linuxes\/#Lack_of_%E2%80%9Cfails_well%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%98n_Fail-safe_in_Linux_Kernel\" >Lack of \u201cfails well\u201d \u2018n Fail-safe in Linux Kernel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/tech\/operating-systems\/linux\/special-purpose-linuxes\/the-gobbledygook-that-is-desktop-linux-special-purpose-linuxes\/#Chromebooks\" >Chromebooks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/tech\/operating-systems\/linux\/special-purpose-linuxes\/the-gobbledygook-that-is-desktop-linux-special-purpose-linuxes\/#Special_PURPOSE_Linuxes\" >Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lack_of_%E2%80%9Cfails_well%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%98n_Fail-safe_in_Linux_Kernel\"><\/span>Lack of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/security.googleblog.com\/2021\/08\/linux-kernel-security-done-right.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>fails well<\/strong><\/a>\u201d \u2018n <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fail-safe\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fail-safe<\/strong><\/a> in Linux Kernel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/security.googleblog.com\/2021\/08\/linux-kernel-security-done-right.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Linux Kernel Security Done Right<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To borrow from an <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/kernsec.org\/files\/lss2015\/giant-bags-of-mostly-water.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">excellent analogy<\/a> between the modern computer ecosystem and the US automotive industry of the 1960s, the Linux kernel runs well: when driving down the highway, you\u2019re not sprayed in the face with oil and gasoline, and you quickly get where you want to go. However, in the face of failure, the car may end up on fire, flying off a cliff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>From that quote we get: <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/kernsec.org\/files\/lss2015\/giant-bags-of-mostly-water.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Giant bags of mostly water<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> \u2013 Securing your IT infrastructure by securing your team<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>continued<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As we approach its 30th Anniversary, Linux still remains the largest collaborative development project in the history of computing. The huge community surrounding Linux allows it to do amazing things and run smoothly. What\u2019s still missing, though, is sufficient focus to make sure that Linux <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fail-safe\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fails well<\/a> too. There\u2019s a strong link between code robustness and security: making it harder for any bugs to manifest makes it harder for security flaws to manifest. But that\u2019s not the end of the story. When flaws do manifest, it\u2019s important to handle them effectively.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>From that quote we get Wikipedia\u2019s: <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fail-safe\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Fail-safe<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> \u2013 In engineering, a fail-safe is a design feature or practice that in the event of a specific type of failure, inherently responds in a way that will cause minimal or no harm to other equipment, to the environment or to people<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>continued<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Long-term Linux robustness depends on developers, but especially on effective kernel <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.linuxfoundation.org\/blog\/role-of-a-linux-kernel-maintainer\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">maintainers<\/a>. Although there is effort in the industry to <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/training.linuxfoundation.org\/linux-kernel-development\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">train<\/a> new developers, this has been traditionally justified only by the \u201cfeature driven\u201d jobs they can get. But focusing only on product timelines ultimately leads Linux into the <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tragedy_of_the_commons\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tragedy of the Commons<\/a>. Expanding the number of maintainers can <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/techdebtpolicy.com\/tragedy-of-the-commons\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">avoid it<\/a>. Luckily the \u201cpipeline\u201d for new maintainers is straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>Maintainers are built not only from their depth of knowledge of a subsystem\u2019s technology, but also from their experience with mentorship of other developers and code review. Training new reviewers must become the norm, motivated by making upstream review part of the job. Today\u2019s reviewers become tomorrow\u2019s maintainers. If each major kernel subsystem gained four more dedicated maintainers, we could <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/par.nsf.gov\/servlets\/purl\/10106647\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">double productivity<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>From that quote we get: <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tragedy_of_the_commons\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Tragedy of the commons<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> \u2013 In economic science, the tragedy of the commons is a situation in which individual users, who have open access to a resource unhampered by shared social structures or formal rules that govern access and use, act independently according to their own self-interest and, contrary to the common good of all users, cause depletion of the resource through their uncoordinated action<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the most part, those first two linked-articles are by very knowledgeable \u2018<em>Technical People<\/em>\u2019, e.g. Kees Cook, Software Engineer, Google Open Source Security Team. Still, even for a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/www.franksworld.com\/2021\/05\/05\/linus-torvalds-on-why-desktop-linux-stinks\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">normal people<\/a>\u201d like me, there is enough \u2018<em><u>understandable<\/u><\/em>\u2019 information in those articles that suggest the Linux Kernel needs help heading into the future.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/security.googleblog.com\/2021\/08\/linux-kernel-security-done-right.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Linux Kernel Security Done Right<\/strong><\/a> article is an excellent \u2018n extremely informative blog post from the <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/security.googleblog.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Security Blog<\/a>. It sums up <em>thusly<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Don\u2019t wait another <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sRee26pfVzU#t=11\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">minute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not using the latest kernel, you don\u2019t have the most recently added security defenses (including bug fixes). In the face of newly discovered flaws, this leaves systems less secure than they could have been. Even when mediated by careful system design, proper threat modeling, and other standard security practices, the magnitude of risk grows quickly over time, leaving vendors to do the calculus of determining how old a kernel they can tolerate exposing users to. Unless the answer is \u201c<strong><u>just abandon our users<\/u><\/strong>,\u201d engineering resources must be focused upstream on closing the gap by continuously deploying the latest kernel release.<\/p>\n<p>Based on <strong><u>our most conservative estimates<\/u><\/strong>, the Linux kernel and its toolchains are currently underinvested by at least 100 engineers, so it\u2019s up to everyone to bring their developer talent together upstream. This is the only solution that will ensure a balance of security at reasonable long-term cost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More suggestions \u2018n reasons as to why \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux <u>has never been<\/u> popular, and the future of \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux seems even bleaker, IMHO.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3279 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f8086-quotes-linus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f8086-quotes-linus.jpg 580w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/f8086-quotes-linus-500x265.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chromebooks\"><\/span><strong>Chromebooks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looks like the <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.canalys.com\/newsroom\/worldwide-pc-market-q2-2021\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PC Market<\/strong><\/a> continues to grow, and even wid a slow down Chromebooks showed a \u201c75% annual growth\u201d in Q2 this year \u2013 that slow down is from a roughly 340% growth rate high late last year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3280 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/a6104-q2-growth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/a6104-q2-growth.jpg 900w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/a6104-q2-growth-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/a6104-q2-growth-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Chromebook vendors have doubled down on investments in the product category and most have continued to see strong returns in terms of growth. HP maintained pole position with shipments of 4.3 million units and growth of 116% in Q2. Lenovo took second place with 2.6 million units shipped increasing shipments by 82% from a year ago. Acer secured a top-three position with growth of 83.0% propelling it above 1.8 million units in shipments. Dell and Samsung made up the remainder of the top five, with the former being the only leading vendor to suffer a shipment decline.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is something else that most \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux <em>normal<\/em> users don\u2019t understand, i.e. <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/i\/investing.asp\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Investing<\/strong><\/a>. They know little or nothing about Desktop OSes, and know even less about what <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/i\/investing.asp\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Investing<\/strong><\/a> involves. I follow a lot of blogs ran by \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux <em>normal<\/em> users, and a common belief amongst them is that \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux would be as popular as Windows 10 <strong>*<u>IF<\/u>*<\/strong> PC OEM\u2019s would just <em>invest in \u2018n build<\/em> more Linux computers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesktop\u201d Linux has been an OS joke for <strong><u>30 years<\/u><\/strong>, and I see nothing that is going to change that. Invest your own money in it<strong>!?!?!?!?!<\/strong> <u><em>You have to be kidding<\/em><\/u> \u2026\u00a0 \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, for just the past <strong><u>10 years<\/u><\/strong>, Chromebook vendors have been steadily investing their money in building more Chromebooks, and their reward\/s for that wise <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/i\/investing.asp\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Investing<\/strong><\/a> are continued \u201cstrong returns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Special_PURPOSE_Linuxes\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/linux\/linux-newbie-since-1996\/newbie-pages\/special-purpose-linuxes\/\"><strong><em>Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes<\/em><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesktop\u201d Linux OS <u>is mainly for<\/u> Technical people like Developers, Programmers, IT Specialists, <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/security.googleblog.com\/2021\/08\/linux-kernel-security-done-right.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Software Engineers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.linuxfoundation.org\/blog\/role-of-a-linux-kernel-maintainer\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Linux Kernel Maintainers<\/a>, etc. Exceptions would be for <strong><em>Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As I bring this post to an end, I want to add another <strong><em>Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes<\/em><\/strong> to my growing list, for potential Windows 10 &amp; Windows 11 users to check out, but also for Chromebook\u2019s Chrome OS users this time. As mentioned earlier in this post, Chromebooks have seen an incredible growth rate over this past year.<\/p>\n<p>Say what you will about Google, but there is no denying their ability to build Desktop\/Laptop\/Mobile Operating Systems (OSes) that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/www.franksworld.com\/2021\/05\/05\/linus-torvalds-on-why-desktop-linux-stinks\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>normal people<\/strong><\/a>\u201d love! Here\u2019s one they have recently purchased, and are now working on\u2026for \u2018<em>sOmE<\/em>\u2019 reason\/s: <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.neverware.com\/freedownload#intro-text\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CloudReady OS Linux<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 <em>What\u2019s the best CloudReady device? The one you already have<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Chromebook\u2019s Chrome OS has an <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/a\/answer\/6220366?\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Auto Update Expiration (AUE)<\/strong><\/a> date when updates end, and <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.neverware.com\/freedownload#intro-text\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CloudReady OS Linux<\/strong><\/a> can be installed on them when that AUE date arrives.<\/p>\n<p>CloudReady OS Linux is based on Google\u2019s Chromium OS, and was built by <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neverware\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Neverware<\/strong><\/a>. It can be installed on old PC computers, new PC computers, and expiring Chromebooks. Stable, secure, reliable, and extremely user friendly. Oh, and it apparently never expires.<\/p>\n<p>Will add this post to the <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/linux\/linux-newbie-since-1996\/newbie-pages\/special-purpose-linuxes\/\"><strong><em>Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes<\/em><\/strong><\/a> page.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>LINUX IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES \u2013 you never know what you\u2019re gonna get!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(8\/06\/2021 \u2013 Some links had expired and were removed for this transfer) Anyone who has ever visited a Linux Forum probably understands what the word Gobbledygook means. Those Forums seem filled wid what Linus Torvalds calls \u201cnormal people\u201d \u2013 \u2018\u201cOne of the problems Desktop\u201d Linux has is it\u2019s not made for \u201cnormal people, and by &#8230; <a title=\"The \u2018Gobbledygook\u2019 that *IS* \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux &#8211; \u2018Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/tech\/operating-systems\/linux\/special-purpose-linuxes\/the-gobbledygook-that-is-desktop-linux-special-purpose-linuxes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The \u2018Gobbledygook\u2019 that *IS* \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux &#8211; \u2018Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3254,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3276","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3276"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3301,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3276\/revisions\/3301"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}