Its not gate keeping its an observation on the usage patterns of users. In the early days of computing most users had strong technical skills (shocker), over t

Its not gate keeping its an observation on the usage patterns of users. In the early days of computing most users had strong technical skills (shocker), over time the commercialisation of technology and its entrance into everyday life has shifted the amount of users who can even start to understand how their software/hardware works. In contrast Linux is still a very technical OS to use, even installing ubuntu requires a certain __type__ of user, so the amount of Linux users who are capable of understanding their computer is much higher.