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IOW, Linux will have to be split up into Linux-client, which it already is for the most part when it comes to consumer level computing, and it will also have to become the the server OS that handles the actual processing and file-handling at remote sites.

What is the name of that rock you're living under?

Linux has been designed client/server for about 99% if it's existence. IOW--it's always been client/server. I don't know where you've spent your 40 years of IT experience, but obviously it hasn't been around Linux. Give it up since you do not know what you are talking about.

Being the OS behind a lot of remote servers, is not the same as being the OS behind cloud services.

Do you read what you type? Services run on top of an OS. That OS is what runs the service. Linux runs the cloud. Do you even know what the cloud is? It's remote servers. That's all it is. It's not a difficult concept to grasp. Since Linux runs on those remote servers, Linux runs the cloud services mentioned (AWS and Google).

Windows does a fine job on the desktop. It's a nice little toy and collection of utilities. It's those utilities that most people mistake for an OS, and become addicted to. I use it on one of my monitors while the other two are dedicated to my Linux OS where my important work gets done.

Linux has been designed client/server for about 99% if it's existence. IOW--it's always been client/server.

Apparently, you have a hard time reading what's written, or you have a problem with reading for comprehension.

Linux and Windows have been used as client/server OSes. I have not disputed that. Where the heck did you read that I disputer that? Don't make things up just because you want to win an argument.

\ What I did write is that, ALL OSes will have to be built for clients handling the end-user side, and servers handling the remote services/processing side.

Meanwhile. Linux is still lacking behind Windows on the local side, but that won't matter, since, eventually both will have to split to serving separate functions, with the thinly redesigned OS serving the client side, and the "bloated" OS serving the remote functions. Right now, Linux is serving as a "thin" client with Android on smartphones, and the back-end Linus servers at Google and phone-makers, serving the requests from those clients. But, most of what smartphones and even PCs do, is via browsers, and those browsers are being served by cloud services, those services coming from a myriad of services providers. Thus, both Windows and Linux are "bloated" in the sense that, most of what they do will be taken over by the remote servers/services. It's already happened and will happen a lot more, and eventually, there won't be much for Linux and Windows to do at the local level.

Azure and AWS and other cloud services will be doing the heavy work. Linux as it stands today will become irrelevant, and so will Windows as it stands today. Apple is also behind the times with its "bloated" MacOS.

Windows might be a "nice little toy" to you, but, it's doing most of the work around the world, as both, clients and servers. I like using the most used "little toy" in the world, and so do over 1.5 billion people. You can keep your 1.5% OS. I like working with solutions which are more easily available with the Windows platform.