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How many Linux distros and their many different GUI/UI variations have been listed here??? No wonder the Linux desktop was dead upon arrival. Too many flavors
by killacodeninja 10y ago
How many Linux distros and their many different GUI/UI variations have been listed here???
No wonder the Linux desktop was dead upon arrival. Too many flavors of developers to satisfy. But it wasn't about developers; it was about end users who just wanted something simple. No matter the changes that Windows has made, from 95 to 10, for end users, the changes caused relatively minor disruption, especially with everything moving to the web. Switch to Linux? Which one? Which packages to install and why? Which GUI to use? etc, etc, etc... Linux was the beginning of developers creating something for themselves to control and expecting the rest of the world to just simply fall in love.
I say all that because I genuinely like Linux and it's purpose, but not for desktop purposes. Maybe mobile???
- stan_rogers 10y agoThat's the dichotomy right there: the "I can fix everything" versus the "I shouldn't have to" user bases. "I shouldn't have to" is much, much larger. There does come a point where freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
- remir 10y agoI'd say Chrome OS will be the only Linux "distro" that will become mainstream.
- pjmlp 10y agoWhich by being a browser based OS, makes the kernel irrelevant. Google can even make Chrome run bare metal, no one would notice.