{"id":245117,"date":"2026-05-13T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/discord-declares-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:50:07","slug":"discord-declares-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/discord-declares-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Discord declares it\u2019s the \u201cYEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/929568\/discord-declares-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop\">Discord declares it\u2019s the \u201cYEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/929568\/discord-declares-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/929568\/discord-declares-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-13 09:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theverge.com\">www.theverge.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"duet--article--timestamp tvl9dpc yrikct3\"><span>Posted <\/span>May 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM UTC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Discord declares it\u2019s the \u201cYEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Discord has announced some big improvements available now in its Linux client. 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