> Not that linux was even remotely close to being usable even only twenty years ago. Running Linux on regular consumer hardware in 2005 was not really any hard

> Not that linux was even remotely close to being usable even only twenty years ago. Running Linux on regular consumer hardware in 2005 was not really any harder than it is today. In fact, many of the same problems still exist! GPU drivers and janky wifi and power-saving modes, same shit, different decade. There's Steam Deck now, and Android, but those are still quite proprietary driven by single companies, so I'm not really sure they fit what you mean about an open alternative.