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Hit the sweet spot for consumers. It’s been the year of the Linux desktop for a couple of decades now.
by DrBazza 5y ago
Hit the sweet spot for consumers. It’s been the year of the Linux desktop for a couple of decades now.
- cle 5y agoIMO the DEs themselves are excellent, the problems that keep consumers from adopting Linux have nothing to do with DEs themselves (network effects, hardware support, etc.). The only reason my wife doesn't use Linux is b/c it doesn't have the apps she wants, and hardware issues (Bluetooth headsets don't work without ruining the audio quality, sleep/hibernation is hit-or-miss, etc.). I just don't see any issues with DEs that are preventing people from using Linux...I would love to shown wrong, because I would love to see more Linux adoption. But this just seems like a waste of time.
- TacticalCoder 5y ago> It’s been the year of the Linux desktop for a couple of decades now. Funnily enough, since when Linux started and somehow some people thought it'd be the "Windows killer", Linux now powers pretty much the entire real world (servers / routers / phones / appliances). There are billions of devices running Linux. And still... Because somehow Linux never got to more than 2.5% desktop market share, many see Linux as a failure. This is both funny and mindboggling.