My feeling is that a lot of people around these parts use Linux as their desktop environment and think that just because it works for them, then it will work fo

My feeling is that a lot of people around these parts use Linux as their desktop environment and think that just because it works for them, then it will work for everyone else. What they fail to realize is that if they're reading HN comments then they're probably above average when it comes to computer prowess and they're not reliant on someone else to support their computer needs. I've been using Linux in various forms for over 15 years in all forms including daily driver desktop, daily driver laptop, HTPC, foisting it upon my children via netbooks, custom router firmware, Raspberry Pi development, custom ROMs on cellphones, home server hosting, cloud hosting, NAS appliances, development VMs, and production VMs. I tried use the desktop environments really hard for about a decade and constantly founding myself wondering why certain tasks had to be so hard. I always chalked it up to inexperience or unfamiliarity and pushed forward but then my job required me to use OSX. I quickly realized that it was the Linux desktop envs and not me. It was also around this time my kids started using computers more heavily for school and the Linux netbooks I provided them just couldn't cut it. Surprisingly they were able to use Nexus 7 tablets for their school work with relative ease. I still use Linux daily but never on the desktop. CLI or nothing.