In fact, Linux pioneered many desktop features that are assumed to have been invented by Windows or macOS. Two-dimensional virtual desktopsFor fans of spatial awareness and memoryLike many enduring desktop innovations, virtual desktops were invented at Xerox PARC. Focus follows mouseMore pointer-based shenanigansAnother mouse-related feature that many Linux users have come to rely on, even if it’s practically unheard of in the Windows and Mac worlds. Windows, however, does not support hot corners at all, although the OS briefly flirted with them in Windows 8 and 8.1. It turns out that Linux has pioneered, refined, or built upon many desktop features that either have been borrowed by competitors or should have been.