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.

  • @OmltCat
    4•11 months ago

    So….it seems no one plays games here?

    We had to specifically rent windows servers to host our game server instances and related services.

    While there is the steam translation layer thing for running games on Linux, it doesn’t work with everything, especially more complicated cases.

    • @mafbarOP
      1•11 months ago

      Nah, they only play SuperTuxKart and 0 A.D. Okay I’m kidding, but yea, gaming is another section that needs attention if the Linux world wants to invite more people into it.