Every year starting back around the year 2000, every year until now there's always at least an article from Slashdot and then HN on the year of the Linux desktop from believers and non-believers alike [1],[2].

[1] Laugh all you want. There will be a year of the Linux desktop (2023):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33213663

[2] Why there should never be a "year of the Linux desktop" (2009):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=821673