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The only way Linux ever becomes viable for the mainstream is when there is a single distribution that covers every feature and is as streamlined and user friendly as possible.
So until even you guys can agree on one distribution being the best, it will not be the year of the Linux ever.--
Does this apply to Windows as well? Haha
For Linux to go mainstream is simple. Have Linux be default on every computer sold in stores.
Something like 99% of people who go to a store and buy a laptop, does so because they need a device to access their online bank or watch funny videos on YouTube. Maybe check their mail and open a PDF or two.
I think it doesn't occur to most people to even consider what OS to use on a computer. They just use the computer.
It seems like what you want is a tablet.
Disclaimer: when I say "bullshit", I do not mean "you are brainless fool", I only mean "this idea is so ridiculously wrong it is time we put it to rest at last"
This annoys me so much I literally registered to answer: bullshit. Stop with that strawman, will ya all, Linux enthusiasts
Same level bullshit. Watch win (and mac?) being hell to debug
Bullshit. See Win XP times with many custom-made "flavours". That did nothing to make windows less popular
Bullshit number one. Linux will become major thing as a result of people pushing back against corporate wall-gardening and spying and/or when it starts coming pre-installed (see Android phones for the latter). All the scary-command-line whining is just elitist bullshit
Hell people still argue about the best version of Windows lol (I miss XP and 7) people will never agree on a single Linux distro
It's like saying "Nobody will ever buy a vacuum until we can decide if Dyson or Bissel are better" lmao.
I was going to make a crack about you inventing MacOSX, which is at least βLinux adjacentβ, but I donβt know how to work without a command line on either Windows or Mac. Some functionality is just so much more inconvenient or even impossible through the GUI, even on those
I always find the command line argument to be a bit of an odd thing too. If you Google any weird Windows error, I can almost guarantee you will find a Microsoft forums result with someone saying to run
sfc /scannow(or a DISM command).What I think it really comes down to is that people are used to troubleshooting Windows stuff that they forget they're having to do it. Then some will say that "Windows doesn't need troubleshooting" which is pure crap unless maybe all you do is login and open Chrome - which Linux can do that perfectly fine too.
At the end of the day, I don't really care all that much about what OS other people use (use the best tool for the job and all that). I'm not going to be using their PC, but I do get a bit aggravated when people seem to go out of their way to make it look like Linux is still the same ecosystem it was in the '00s.
"How do I do X on Mac"
"First install homebrew, and then install this plugin"
50 plugins later
"There, now I can finally use the GUI"
So Macs run Gnome now?
So, Ubuntu 10+ years ago? For normie usage you don't need to worry about any of those things. It comes with firefox.
I worked in a PC repair shop until a few years ago. Most people didn't want to buy MS office. Most of what they did is in a web browser. But most people that came in to buy a boot USB wanted a windows one rather than Linux, either way I just copied what ever ISO they wanted to it. Copy/paste doesn't cost anything.
I used Linux on and off over the years and will probably switch back to using it when Windows 10 is no longer supported. Linux will never be mainstream but the user base would grow if every Steam game ran on Linux seamlessly. That's probably never going to happen, though. There will also never be "the one" distro to rule them all. Mint and Ubuntu come pretty close.
It's honestly getting there. The major barrier at this point is kernel level anti-cheat, which is a bad idea people shouldn't be using anyway.