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%.

  • snowraven@sh.itjust.works
    02·
    1 year ago

    Ah yes, late stage capitalism. Communism was the answer all along. /S

    Edit: I love how evryone ignored /S for sarcasm. Just to clarify, yes I know communism is ideal on paper but doesn’t work in real life and yes, capitalism while having its flaws is the only alternate we have.

    • RagingToad@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I don’t have the answer to the best form of government, but communism doesn’t work. That has already been proven?

      And capitalism is actually pretty good, until it turns everything into ads and destroys the planet :-/ I wish there was something better.

    • 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      because of course, pointing out that capitalism will cause a specific problem can only be a disguised attempt to resuscitate Joseph Stalin.