The linux desktop never took off because of petty things like rewriting the screensaver every few years, while letting things users care about, like backwards c

The linux desktop never took off because of petty things like rewriting the screensaver every few years, while letting things users care about, like backwards compatibility, incremental change, etc, all get in the way. I gave up on the linux desktop because every other version seemed to be a jarring change along the lines of windows 7 to windows 8. After a while, one gets tired of having to relearn things and just wants a system that works.