You point your browser at a local IP address or hostname and suddenly you have a full XFCE desktop running in your browser.

You hear declarations every year about the long-told "year of the Linux desktop" arriving this year, having arrived years ago ...

Portable and modular, Orbitiny runs on top of your existing window manager - such as KDE Plasma or GNOME - like a regular app.

Remix OS is a modified version of Android that can run on practically any PC. It remixes Android into a desktop operating system, complete with applications running in windows, a Start menu, taskbar, ...

It appears that turning Android into a desktop operating system is Google’s next big consumer initiative. To put it bluntly, I think this effort fails if all they’re doing is making a one-to-one ...