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Submission+-Innovative operating systems/distros in 2015?2

Submitted by iamacat
iamacat writes: Back in 90s, we used Linux not only because of open source, but also for innovative features not found in commercial operating systems — better multitasking, network power features like slirp and masquerading, free developer tools for many languages. Nowadays OSX and Windows caught up in these areas and mainstream distros like Ubuntu dumbed down in default configuration. So where to go for active innovation like 3D/VR desktop, artificial intelligence, drag and drop ability to mash up UI of multiple apps or just drastically better performance? Something maybe rough around the edges but usable and exciting enough to use as daily desktop?
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  • Don't pick on the safe bets and human friendliness of mainstream Ubuntu, it's almost level field with commercial. Things that happen under the hoods and around 'hipster' distros are still very exciting... I've not seen many examples of your choices for direction in innovation, but on the virtualization/containers/server realm concepts are bent and quirks are tested. And a lot of services, and a lot of languages and a lot of DEs and a lot of...

    • So the question is, what can install on my laptop that gives me significant new capabilities and/or something new that I can learn to increase my productivity? I love UNIX shell scripts, but there is nothing like this for UI. Maybe if it was as easy to combine components from different apps as it is to pipe commands into each other, I would make an Emacs/Android Studio/Gimp aggregate with one click toolbar buttons for my workflows. Or machine learning could predict which files I need offline, which project

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