With lots of things being developed through web technologies, and many things being web-based so that it is cross-platform, will operating systems still be relevant?

We can differ philosophically by using Debian or Arch or Windows or Mac, but if nowadays applications are web-based or developed through something like Electron such that it can run on practically all modern operating systems. what is the relevance of operating systems galore?

Don’t get me wrong I love FOSS and Linux and stuff, but it seems that the paradigm right now is creating web applications, with many things being web-based.

Am I off, or is this something you also think about?

P.S. I’m a total noob when it comes to IT, so the question might be weirdly phrased.

  • @mafbarOP
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    21 year ago

    the kernel is what matters

    Fundamentally, that’s true. Of course the average user isn’t going to think or probably even know what a kernel is, nor I’m unsure if they even have to.

    containerisation is bloat, electron is bloat

    I’m not a technical expert, but while containerisation is bloat, it’s modularity is a plus, I think. Conceptually I like it.