When is Linux technically better? It is a good enough all rounder. There is this principle of "Worse is better" when it comes to many, many products. https://e

When is Linux technically better? It is a good enough all rounder. There is this principle of "Worse is better" when it comes to many, many products. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better Also the first versions of the kernel was released at the right time. It is decent enough, free, open source and was around at the right time. The internet was just becoming a thing, the PC ecosystem had "won" and it was pretty open in that anyone could manufacture a PC. There was an AT&T lawsuit wasn't happening in the 90s IIRC against the BSD Code. If Linus had created his kernel a little later or a litter earlier than it may have never received the interest it did.