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This doesn't seem to hold in the general case. Windows and Macos are not free in any sense, but vastly outnumber linux on the desktop.
by patrick451 3y ago
This doesn't seem to hold in the general case. Windows and Macos are not free in any sense, but vastly outnumber linux on the desktop.
- xboxnolifes 3y agoThey may not technically be free, but they typically come bundled with the computer you buy. Linux has yet to be shipping with free comparable computers, so the cost of Windows/MacOS is invisible to the end consumer.
- thesuperbigfrog 3y agoThe desktop is not the general case. By install count, Linux runs on far more platforms than anything else: smartphones, tablets, servers, virtual machines, embedded devices, supercomputers, and spacecraft.
- pjmlp 3y agoBecause Linux folks cannot get their act together in what means a full stack desktop experience. Not even Android games get ported in any significant number to GNU/Linux. The war of Linux Distributions is ten fold worse as the UNIX wars.