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> Linux on the desktop - it won’t work for most people. Assumptions for this to be true: - Windows and MacOS are a UX champions and most people can use them w
by NayamAmarshe 4y ago
> Linux on the desktop - it won’t work for most people.
Assumptions for this to be true:
- Windows and MacOS are a UX champions and most people can use them without any issues. (Not objectively true)
- People will be unable to comprehend GUIs like Gnome or KDE. (Not objectively true)
- Linux Desktop is incapable of doing things other Operating Systems are doing. (Not objectively true)
- Linux Desktop is based on a rigid idea and represents unusable software. (Couldn't be more wrong)
- Linux cannot be used for consumer use. (Again false, Google Chromebooks)
I don't even get how you're comparing Mastodon to Linux Desktop. Linux Desktop is functional, great for everyone who doesn't have an exclusive bias against open soruce software. Mastodon is FOSS, that's the only similarity.
Anybody who tells me that Linux distros like ZorinOS "won't work for most people" is either lying to themselves or being ignorant on purpose.
- UncleMeat 4y agoAnd yet, approximately nobody is using linux on the desktop.
- NayamAmarshe 4y ago> And yet, approximately nobody is using linux on the desktop. I am, my whole family is, my friends are. I don't see why I would choose to use a bloatware OS just because most people who don't know any better are using it. Turns out, better software can replace Windows and give you a better experience, crazy I know.
- UncleMeat 4y ago"Approximately nobody." The population of linux desktop users is nonzero but it is very small compared to the overall population of desktop users.
- NayamAmarshe 4y agoYes, I understand that but I don't see why marketshare should stop anybody from using or liking Linux. The original comment says: "it won’t work for most people", not "Most people don't use it".