Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like - eviltoast
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.

I’m curious to hear thoughts on this. I agree for the most part, I just wish people would see the benefit of choice and be brave enough to try it out.

  • EamonnMR@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What’s crazy to me is that Linux was out way in front of this. Put me in front of windows back in the aughts and say ‘go install a program’ and you had to google it, hope you clicked the right download link, install it, hope you didn’t get a virus. Ubuntu you just opened up synaptic and bam, there was a wealth of programs you could just install with a single click. It was mind-blowing, and way easier than what everyone else offered.

    • Square Singer@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      It’s the typical opensource problem. The advantage of FOSS is that anyone who wants to can create a fork. The problem is that everyone does.

      There are dozens of rivaling systems that do the exact same thing a slightly different way with a completely different user experience.