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Why don't more people use Linux?

• 1oooqooq 2y ago
  no marketing budget
• phren0logy 2y ago
  It’s not preinstalled
• ThrowawayR2 2y ago
  Fourth duplicate posting in two days? Previous posts were: Why don't more people use Linux? (world.hey.com) 8 points by signa11 17 hours ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41455379 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41455379 Why don't more people use Linux? (world.hey.com) 5 points by RyeCombinator 1 day ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41450849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41450849 Why don't more people use Linux? (world.hey.com) 5 points by ibobev 2 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41432927 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41432927 Why don't more people use Linux? (world.hey.com) 10 points by dotcoma 3 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41427054 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41427054
  • beardyw 2y ago
    Why not?
  • funOtter 2y ago
    through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault
• hcfman 2y ago
  People really are sheep. They follow a lot what other people around them do. I would be interesting to do a sort of Truman show experiment on the use of Linux. Get a whole lot of some persons friends to use Linux. See if the outsider starts to try it.