Ondine Bruch (@veroandi@mastodon.social)
mastodon.social
Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like "There might be a very simple explanation for why the masses have yet to adopt Linux as their desktop operating system and it's one the open-source community won't like" https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-dont-more-people-use-desktop-linux-i-have-a-theory-you-might-not-like/ #opensource #linux #distro

Two main points:

  • no one unified distro to keep things simple (thread OP)

VS

  • people don’t care. Someone else needs to advocate, sell, migrate, and support (medium term) Linux (whichever distro they want) for the intermediate term (few months at least) - thread response).

I think a lot of the 97% desktop market share is like this, instead of the hands on 2-3%.

  • CuriousTommy
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    1 year ago

    Then there’s the steamdeck, which proves people really don’t pick operating systems, they just use what’s there… which is really the point… you don’t ‘adopt’ an OS, you just use shit. If it happens to run linux, then cool.

    I don’t completely agree… with the release of more affordable Windows handhelds, I have read people sticking with Steam Deck because of SteamOS.