My guess is about the same hope as for the world at large. [/Cynicism after some ongoing issues with the bank.]
Potentially even better hope, given it's Free Software, where everybody's free to mend it, using the 4 freedoms assuring we can use, study, share, change the software as we wish. ... Albeit with some non-triviality involved.
A lot of itches being scratched... but do these successful efforts get shared and integrated upstream, and consistently re-availed? Keep raising awareness. Accessibility features are good even for those who do not have to rely upon them. The more this awareness gets around, the more reliably these features will be present more ubiquitously, and not just a niche implementation or after-thought.
(There are some others in other git repos... But I'll presume that's the ideal one to use, and less janky than the one I first found and added after being inspired by Kate's minimap).
Even though I find I rarely enable it, MiniMap is probably my fave. At least of the ones springing to mind currently.
Honourable mention too to Rainbow-Delimiters. Very handy for keeping those parentheses in order.
[Edit: (^ whimsical image, as posted https://lemmy.wtf/post/34037404 , shared again here because I said parentheses, and it reminded me of it... seemed fun and relevant... because parentheses are like plates... get it? Gotta keep 'em clean. Hehe.)]
::: spoiler Spoiler warning. It really is much more fun and joy to watch that Matt Adereth video^ to see what it is. Don't click this, just watch it, to get the real delight. (IMO, one of the top 10 tech talks ever.)
bitching on Gentoo because it is allegedly difficult to install
Just earlier, I saw a tui installer for gentoo @ https://lemmy.wtf/post/13625402 , and doubtless many others out there in the wild (even my own from over a decade ago).
And then there are things like CalculateLinux, and RedCoreLinux.
But they're a bit try-hard, and janky, especially RedCoreLinux.
Gone are the days of Toorox or CloverOS, which were much more like just a straight nice plain desktop Gentoo out of the box with an easy installer.
Then there's the likes of DecibelLinux... handy if your thing is audio production. Stage4 Gentoo, fit for discovery of all the audio tools.
What universe are you living in that Linux is mainstream?
Server universe.
Savvy friend group echo-chamber universe.
Android universe.
Embedded and (pseudo(?)-)microcontroller universe.
SBC universe.
All the corporate machines secretly (or sometimes not so secretly) running Linux (Like John Deere tractors, cars, cookers, boats, etc.)... universe.
Steamdeck universe.
Linux focused laptop & workstation manufacturers universe.
PS,
Linux accounts for 3.58%. Congratulations, we’re ahead of mac! Windows still has 94.23%. But this is the year of the Linux desktop!
I've heard rumours desktop linux may be passed 5-6% already, and rising fast, thanks to Win11 creating windows refugees and the steamdeck enticing more gamers.
My guess is about the same hope as for the world at large. [/Cynicism after some ongoing issues with the bank.]
Potentially even better hope, given it's Free Software, where everybody's free to mend it, using the 4 freedoms assuring we can use, study, share, change the software as we wish. ... Albeit with some non-triviality involved.
A lot of itches being scratched... but do these successful efforts get shared and integrated upstream, and consistently re-availed? Keep raising awareness. Accessibility features are good even for those who do not have to rely upon them. The more this awareness gets around, the more reliably these features will be present more ubiquitously, and not just a niche implementation or after-thought.
"Anybody can become disabled at any time."