The problem isn't that it doesn't work, it's that it doesn't work well enough (even as an experienced user, my desire to debug silly desktop environment issues

The problem isn't that it doesn't work, it's that it doesn't work well enough (even as an experienced user, my desire to debug silly desktop environment issues while trying to get stuff done is very little to non existent) - there are many niggles as a daily driver, which are fine if your desire to use it outweighs the aversion to fixing stuff all the time, I can't imagine how a beginner would feel these days as it's so much more complicated and has so many more dependencies than days past. Downvote edit: nerds aren't counted in adoption statistics, sorry