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I doubt there’s a single reason why desktop linux failed. I do know why I stopped using it: driver support, lack of some of the commercial apps I wanted (and no
by Joeri 8y ago
I doubt there’s a single reason why desktop linux failed. I do know why I stopped using it: driver support, lack of some of the commercial apps I wanted (and no good open source alternatives), constant rewriting of things that were fine as they were. The former two are indirectly caused by the lack of an ABI, the latter due to the nature of volunteer development work (maintaining is less fun than rewriting).
- opan 8y agoWhat sort of commercial apps weren't available that you needed? Is it something like Photoshop where you found the alternatives lacking, or something more niche where there was nothing like it at all?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoI think there is a single reason, one reason in particular that every problem with Linux Desktop ties back to: The people who make it have a low opinion of users. Every time this sort of thing comes up you get dozens of posts about how the "average user" wants this, or doesn't want that, or just uses the OS that came with their computer, or just wants it to be pretty, etc. Consequently, they think putting lipstick on a pig will work and are really surprised when it doesn't.