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And yet Windows was successful even when unstable. I would say that's not a hugely motivating factor for people. Many people turn on and off their computer when

by mrj 4y ago

And yet Windows was successful even when unstable. I would say that's not a hugely motivating factor for people. Many people turn on and off their computer when they want to use it and it's fine. Excessive stability isn't a major factor for most people and being perfectly stable wouldn't by itself make this the year of the Linux Desktop. For this crowd it is important, of course, and I'd be deeply upset if my desktop crashed that often. That's not been my experience though.

323 4y ago
> And yet Windows was successful even when unstable. Everybody had a friend who knew how to fix Windows. And it was a literally a job, there were fliers glued to lamp posts advertising "I install/fix/devirus Windows for a small fee". Also, during this time of unstable Windows, Linux was even worse. It wasn't the nice Linux desktop of today.