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Many people don't even know what an OS is. They think that Windows is "part of the machine".

99% You can't buy a laptop or a Desktop with Linux. And 99% of customer's can't install a operating system. That's the main reason right there. No since to over think it. Been using Linux for the past 20 years. I know how to build and install an OS. Was curious one day about Linux. I install Linux and never touch a Windows OS ever again. Windows XP was the lost Windows OS I ever touched.

i love the fact that this is one of the brands that actually embraces linux

1. The Linux Foundation has a massive amount of funding that they use to fund Linux 2. Having the option to use it is still amazing 3. When the users come the software will as well 4. KDE Connect does build an ecosystem with Android 5. There are IRC chats for major distros such as Debian and Arch 6. Having options is a good thing 7. Im not going to pretend that major multiplayer games work well but if you're a singleplayer gamer then you should be fine

Ubuntu: I want to try linux. Kubuntu: I want to try linux but have it look like windows. Xubuntu: I want to try linux but have it look like MacOS. Debian: I just want a general purpose desktop. Puppy: my computer is extremely old but i still like it. Arch: I want to learn everything about linux. Kali: I want to break into my neighbor's wifi.

If you want to switch to Linux but are not sure, I have one piece of advice for you: "Start by switching to open source programs". I mean, I started switching all my soft to open source about 2 years before I fully switched to Linux, and that made my switch very easy because I only had to change the OS, not every single program I was used to.

Spreading awareness about Linux really does work. My dad had no problem moving to Linux since he only uses a web browser. Though, part of the reason why he was so willing to change was that he has hated Microsoft since forever... So much that he refused to buy me an Xbox when i was little, got me a Playstation 2 instead.

Folks take note that this guy is making a Linux video on a Macbook, now thats commitment. Great video, lets get Linux to 10% by the year 2026.

Adobe did tip their toe in the Linux landscape in the past releasing Acrobat for Linux but discontinued it back in 2013. I think the cited reason was the difficulty of targeting multiple distros and low adoption. I think the low adoption was due to there being far superior PDF readers that are opensource but thats besides the point. I think the community needs to back a single GUI Package standard in Flatpak and as much as i like AppImage and loath Snaps we need to send them to pasture.

The Finals actually got support recently.

Linux isn't more popular because it doesn't work with the stuff you need to work with. I started with *Slackware 3.0* so I know how Linux works, but I'm about 50 years old and I don't have the time or inclination to mess around with my computer anymore, I just want to install the software I need to do my job and that's it. Last week I tried Debian on my computer and there is no audio over HDMI using the amdgpu driver for my AMD R7 250 GPU, if you look for a solution you can't find one, you can only find a bunch of "try this or try that" type solutions. I ended up removing Debian and installing Windows 10, HDMI audio works fine.

Linux community support needs work. I've never had good help. For example, I once had a bizarre experience with adjusting the time zone in Linux. When I posted this in a dedicated forum, the response was, "I don't believe you." No one else was helpful, either.

Linux is the quiet kid in the class that reads book and knows more about the subject than the teacher, but keeps low and doesn't get invited to parties.

i think it comes to down to the fact that people think its hard/confusing, and that is compounded by the fact that there are so many distros.

Pretty much the main two killers of linux popularity are: - It is not the default OS most of the time. - Some popular software either do not exist on linux, or their linux versions are merely an afterthought and doesn't run as good.

Watching this on Fedora

As a developer, I have a good reason. Most distros are trying to be Windows but not, and lack any identity of their own outside of "No we have Windows at home" just with less compatibility/support. Moreover, there are too many distros trying to do the same things, but differently. We need three distros, one for gaming, one for professionals, and a lightweight distro. The fact is, I make game for the Dreamcast and Windows PCs, a game I make on Windows 7 works on Windows 8/8.1/10 and 11, while a game made with Linux Mint in mind didn't work 100% on Ubuntu, SteamOS was flawless, while Arch crashed upon opening and PopOS had no sound. Linux will never catch on until it becomes more streamlined. Not for games developers, nor for the majority of software engineers. Because it's less compatible with itself than MacOS is with Windows.

1. Compitability issues with drivers... 2. Linux being sooo good that no one ever felt to market it... 3. Dirty Microsoft tactics

The problem I've had with Linux is how difficult it is when you have a problem. You'll google a problem, get ten different solutions, none of which work because of assumptions the author failed to mention, or because it's for a different version, or a dozen other reasons. It's just one thing after another: To solve A you have to solve B; to solve B your have to solve C; to solve C you have to solve D, and so on. There aren't really any reasonably definitive solution spaces such as exist with commercially supported products.

I think what Linux needs is hardware manufacturer making devices with Linux. If somebody, that doesn’t know much about technology wants to buy a new computer he would go into an tech store and ask the person there what Computer to buy. The shop assistant would then show them different hardware and software and explain the differences but since there are no Linux devices present he would never mention the existence of Linux to the customer. Only Windows, Android, Mac, iPad and maybe ChromeOS are getting mentioned so the division of the customer will fall between these 5 operating systems.

I use a computer for productivity. Especially illustration. This is my point of view: Simple answer: Linux isn’t more popular because it’s not user friendly to end users. There are much improvements but there’s still the terminal with all these commands that no end user knows. Linux users seems not to understand how difficult this is for end users. In the 80’s computers used command lines and therefore were only used by people who understood it. Then in the 90’s the graphical user interface became popular. This was something end users understood and much more people started using a computer. Linux after all these years still is very dependent on the command line with the terminal. And for the end user this is difficult. Flatpack, distros, gnome, … what does it mean? Most end users don’t understand it. So they stick to Windows or Mac OS with their easy to use GUI. The software alternatives on Linux are good and some are even great, but what if you use an external device like a Wacom tablet or scanner? There are no drivers for it. Only tricks to get it work more or less with… the command line again. And some apps with only basic functionality. For me, an end user who wants to be productive, the terminal is what holds me back from using linux as my main system. I tried, but for productivity it isn’t very usable without the command line. Most people can’t work with it.

Just remember: you can always dual boot or run a Windows VM under Linux for some apps that are Windows-only :)

It's really a chicken-V-egg problem. The amount of comments I've seen of users saying "if only software X ran on Linux, then I'd switch over because I hate Win/mac so much". And companies going "if only the market share was at least X% we'd have an incentive to port our software over". Build it and they will come.

You don't need to use the terminal on Linux. Especially popular distributions. Ubuntu and Linux Mint, almost everything can be done using a GUI.

I think it actually comes down to what is shipped on the hardware by default. What made Android and iOS so popular wasn't that people decided they wanted to use that OS. They wanted the hardware, and the software came with it. Likewise with most pre-built systems and laptops ship with Windows by default. Like you said in your video, people are more likely to stick with what they have unless something groundbreaking happens. The Steam Deck proves this this point, that hardware came with LInux by default, and is probably responsible for the largest increase in Linux use in years. I think it took the Linux market share from 2% to 3% alone. Otherwise it's mainly just techy types and those who require a special use case like wanting more privacy making the switch.

Whether the concern is founded or not, the fact is that terminal reliance *is* a huge barrier to entry for Linux use. The fact that you can get through Mint without touching the terminal 99% of the time is irrelevant, because nobody who doesn't use Mint regularly actually knows this. Whether it's true or not, Windows users "know" that Linux requires command line familiarity. That's the problem.

I started using Linux back in October of last year. I was given 2 old laptops that ran Windows 8, (strike one), and the previous owner had forgotten their passwords, (strike two), and of course, paying money to put a clean, licensed install of Windows 10 on them was strike three. As for the terminal, I still have a lot to learn, but I found out that you can bluff your way around without it for the most part and that Linux is for most things as easy to use as Windows or MAC OS.

The reason is because many of us rely on proprietary software like Adobe's Creative Cloud that don't have viable (meaning GOOD) Linux alternatives. There are no good, comparable Linux versions of Adobe's Illustrator or InDesign, so people like me are stuck in the Windows/Mac OS prison.

I have been playing with Linux for a little over a year and recently installed Fedora Silver Blue and I still consider myself very much a noobie. I truly feel that immutable distros will be the future of Linux because I love the aspect that the core of distro cannot be broken as easily as a regular distro which will give folks coming over a better feel and let them just work.

When I got into Programming it came naturally to use Linux on my Desktop and Laptop as well, it's just safer to use, minimal, very customizable in terms of looks and workspace behaviours which is absolutely lit when you are a digital professional. Another thing that makes Linux nice, especially to smn who's on a budget is the fact that Linux will make better use of the old hardware, usable at least while MacOs and Windows 11 will just make it slow and awkward.

Rome wasn't built in a day, neither is the year of the Linux desktop 😉

The problem for a newbie is the amount of choices. So many distros, so many desktop environments, it's easy to have a bad first experience because of a bad first choice and switch back to windows forever (for example: the infamous IQ test to choose the right Debian iso on their website). I think SomeOrdinnaryGamer is right, that we, Linux users, should not be gatekeepers but welcomers, we should not mock those who crave for accessibility and OSes that are easy to use. We should not convert people by telling them Linux is best (and if they don't use it, it's because they lack intelligence), but by showing them Linux SERVES them.

If you want Linux to succeed then everyone needs to use the same distro, it's that simple really; the distro should operate in such a way that the console is never used, the distro needs to be designed from a user perspective. If at any point anyone has to interact with the console doing the tasks you can accomplish on windows (even some of the more complex tasks) then you've failed; there are no exceptions to this, zero tolerance. As of now, linux's design is around linux hobbyists, it's not around the average PC user. If this is done right, then people will naturally begin to switch and the industry (like adobe) will be forced to adapt. As of now, things are too scattered. You can't just tell companies to design their software for multiple distros, it's too much time spent on nothing. One distro... Zero console interaction tolerance, that's it... Every other problem you can think of flows from these two.

I'm a new Linux user as well. It was confusing at first, finding the distro I wanted, the desktop environment (as a Windows user you don't care much since it's the same for every user), what kernel to use. I understood I didn't have to choose the kernel but mostly the desktop environment but then I didn't know if there was any distro that were new user friendly until I found out which ones. So it took me quite a few weeks deciding what to use. Once you're in tho, I think it becomes easier and clearer what to use. I still have Windows 10 installed for some of my software but my daily driver is now Linux.

Reasons: 1. Isn't available for purchase preinstalled at retail stores. 2. No advertising. 3. No commercial app store. 4. Users are already used to something else, and change is difficult and scary.

If I copy paste all the files and directories from 1 Linux system to another linex system, would I be able to run the same application which was there is previous system from which I have copied the files and directories. Please kindly check and advise...

Your team seriously need to work on for .rpm packages or least favoring us with flatpaks.

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

One of the main reason I reinstalled windows 11 after trying linux beside the lack of adobe apps is weird bugs that I encountered. Like I used my msi laptop to install linux and right after installation I faced a weird brightness bug which randomly turns up or down the brightness. Then when I updated the amd gpu driver it blew out the whole brightness slider and capped the display at a blinding brightness.

Even if malware is developed for linux, the OS is designed in a way that makes it inherently more secure and more, because it follows the Unix/Posix philosophy, which is also one of the big reasons MacOS is so secure, being based on Free BSD/NeXTSTEP BSD Unix, and the Mach BSD replacement Kernel. These systems don't just benefit from security through obscurity, though. The fact that the code is openly perusable by anyone makes bug bounties a more streamline process, and many software and toolkit/widget projects are works of passion - people making software because they themselves plan to use it, and we just happen to benefit from the use of the same software.

I'll be swapping to Linux with my new PC. So I *will* be using it, actually!

Also, I feel that lack of industry standard software. In particular, I would switch to Linux but can't at the moment because the exam software my university uses only supports windows and Mac OS

Thumbnail: "The Best OS You'll Never Use" Me, on Arch with zen-kernel: _"Hard to beat this..."_

I love Linux for surfing. I run it in a VM all the time. It will never be my main OS simply because it doesn't have the software that I want, and hardware is not as well supported on Linux.

As a developer, and a linux enthusiast myself, I might add something from a technical standpoint 1. immutable distros - yes, it's the future of Linux. If the system can't be easily broken by a user, it's a big fat plus. And having an actual restore points that actually *work* is fantastic. In fact that is a selling point of chromebooks. Oh and Valve already done it with steamOS. So it's a no brainer not to try. 2. single or at least 2 packaging formats that work everywhere. We do have Flatpaks and Appimages but they are still a bit ruff around the edges. And rn we have another format war... But despite all of that things are improving pretty fast. 3. finish transitioning to Wayland. It's just out of the question. 4. finish transitioning to pipewire both for audio and video. and make sure apps are using portals. so that means low latency, permissions, security and all that jazz Not bad huh? Considering the fact that desktop linux really became a thing only recently) Everything beyond that would be an icing on a cake! 0. Oh and I would like to see a linux-wide app store where you can actually sell your work (thinks steam but for apps that support linux, or at least accessible via proton?). Flathub already announced that they might support paid apps and even subscription models. Sooo... Fingers crossed I guess. -1. You 👏 Have 👏 To 👏 Pre-install 👏 Linux 👏 On 👏 Computers! Heck, even something like Chrome OS would do, as people are familiar with it, and Google is making huge efforts to make it a "real" linux distro so people could install Steam and other "non web-based software". If that works, I would be so happy!

I came across this while browsing youtube on my LinuxMint system. maybe a better point than ecosystem would be "predictable workflow between tools". when I went to upload a file to Discord, the file open dialog was placed behind the Discord window, instead of in front as a modal dialog. Clipboard also doesn't "just work" like it does on windows, requiring additional packages and not supporting all formats.

Few people use Linux as a desktop (I do), but Windows has completely lost the server market to Linux and FreeBSD.

Ive been thinking of switching to Linux (specifically Ubuntu) from Windows 11

The other issue is that there is a strong lack of adoption and it hasn't been appealing to developers that need to reach more users. Especially during this high-interest rate period, it is tough to focus solely on fun and community projects. Usually for a new platform, a company like Google or Apple will provide subsidies or some good framework to jumpstart a developer's journey to build apps for their platforms. But in this case there hasn't been a single Linux company that has stepped up except to provide help for cloud deployments. Even for Steam Deck, the user base is quite low to compel the big game developers to also build a Linux version of their game. Right now the only way I see Linux take market share in the desktop realm is if ChromeOS takes off since ChromeOS is Linux-based and technically a Linux distro. ChromeOS already has tapped into the education market, is slowly growing into the enterprise market, and is able to leverage Android developers to build ChromeOS desktop apps similar to how Apple has been able to leverage iOS developers to build macOS apps. Google is a Tier A company with solid marketing and their retail distributions of ChromeOS devices through stores like Walmart and Best Buy does give them a significant leverage to grow Linux and take more market share from Windows as well.

I built my first desktop PC 1 year ago and installed Linux from the begining. Never installed Windows or Mac on it. Triple monitor gaming setup, Musik, Internet. Works smooth and fast! For me I will never go back again.

I have been using Unix-like systems since 1990, so Linux is natural to me, and I can have a hard time with Windows (which I only use on my work laptop). I must be rather old fashioned; my screen is covered with terminal windows. I would rather type in commands than search through menus. It's what I am used to, so it works well for me. This sort of inertia is a major explanation for why Linux isn't more popular. A lot more people are simply accustomed to Windows and Apple, and these platforms have suites of software that large numbers of people use. Linux is a lot easier than it used to be, but it still requires a higher level of computer literacy than Windows or Mac if you want to do much more than basic activities such as web browsing or watching UKposts videos. I play a lot of video games. Fortunately, I am only interested in single player games, so the big multiplayer games that will not run on Linux are not relevant to me. It used to be very difficult getting video games to run. It is a lot easier now, but it can still require tinkering, and some games are extremely troublesome to get working. Even native Linux games can require tinkering. Depending on the Linux distribution, they can sometimes run into dependency hell, and there have been a couple cases where I found it easier to run the Windows version using Wine than to resolve the dependency problems. Furthermore, NVidia graphics cards have rather crummy drivers on Linux, and these cards have the greatest market share. I ended up getting an AMD graphics card when I built my latest PC, and it has been a better experience so far. AMD supports the open source Mesa drivers. This helps since the community is involved in keeping things running, and very old cards continue to receive support, potentially extending their longevity. Most people don't want to deal with these types of problems, and I can't say that I blame them. I'm glad we have the option of using Linux since it is the system in which I feel most comfortable, but it is likely to remain a niche for people who are used to Unix-like systems, people who have better than average computer skills, people who are devoted to the open source movement, and people who have grown tired of problems related to Windows and Apple and are willing to go through some pain to get out from under those systems.

Number 3 is the reason I'm still on Windows and even Mac. I'm not interested in changing most of the software I use or bought for alternatives. Some of that software is required for my career such as Toonboom Harmony.

the Finals does now run like Apex also runs on Linux

More a question than a comment, but why can't I just auto-install Linux Mint? I went to the Mint website, had to download a .iso file, check to see if it was authentic (via terminal)...and I finally gave up because it was so un-understandable. For an amateur user like me the complexity was overwhelmingly frustrating. I really want to explore Linux, but it is so difficult for me, a basic user, to install. Any advice?

I do love my Linux laptop for travel and I'd want to use it for photography but any program I want to use (Affinity or Luminar) says they won't make it for Linux... and I'm just not excited to try and figure out WINE right at this moment. I might have to break down and figure it out for Affinity someday... maybe.

wow idk how this channel doesnt have 1m+ subs with its pro channel level quality!

I like Linux, but man, I keep running into issues. It's beautiful once you have it set up Problems I encounter: * The graphics environment can randomly die, and now you have to fix it in command-line * You do a setting in the UI, and it doesn't take effect. Sometimes you have to modify a text file to get it to work reliably * I installed Linux onto a VM. Mapped a 2nd virtual drive to a folder. I put a ton of stuff into said folder, thinking it was mounted (it was not). Ended up bricking the OS because main drive was full If you want a lot of Linux software, a Mac can work pretty well. I hate admitting it. Another issue is that you have to download the OS from the Internet, and figure out how to boot it. It sounds simple for most of us since we're deep into PCs. For a newbie, it's like you feel like you are diffusing a bomb.

I like that SurfShark has the GUI now on Linux, it was such a breath of fresh air going from the command line interface. It would be nice if the same features available on the Windows version would be available on the Linux GUI.

The reason that my Being uses Linux is because it's been several years without even reformatting my Linux OS. With Windows, my Being had to reformat at least once to twice a year; but with Linux, it is so "grounded", that IT can't see reformatting my Linux any span soon. Also, every upgrade has been fantastic with Linux.

I would love to use linux on my laptop but- use too much power (Windows lasts twice as long on battery), Sound levels are low for many distros, difficult to find fixes and help that is relevant and easy to follow. We are not all experts.

80% of photoshop users do not use 80% of photoshop feature. But they paid 100%. If they Gimp is the first photo editing software, they will have the same problem if they transition to Photoshop. Ya, familiarity. Gimp is not a replacement to Photoshop. They are very different.

An ecosystem for GNU would be almost guaranteed to be freedom-respecting and multiplatform, so it could work on other OSes too (and would actually work). The biggest problem (and also advantage) would be that there's no central entity to host the servers, so it would be federated or p2p (each has the issue of connecting all your devices properly). 9:20 That issue is very overblown. I just tried several distros in a VM until I decided which one to use on bare metal.

I tried to boot pop os on my pc and was sucessful, but for some reason when i dec8de to try desktop ubuntu, the drive got corrupted

Lack of tech support, on the plus side there's also a lack of tech support scammers.

Cheap laptops should come with linux mint or something. Giving them windows 11 is such a bad idea.

A small (in effect, not on code) but surely great feature would be if you could have one standard (and just a single one) as online storage for small data (contacts, calendar, settings, etc.). This standard would have be supported by all (which would probably the hardest thing to achieve). My co-worker was telling me about how he loves the ability of his iphone to have a shared calendar with his wife. As soon as he enters or changes a work related entry (he often is away for a week), his wife knows when he will be back home again. This would actually be a really nice feature IMHO.

I think the main reason people "opt-out" is psychological, namely that because there is no Linux but a bunch of "Linx Distributions" ( not to mention branches ), people have issues to "opt-in" since many are bad at choosing especially what they don't understand. This is why so many people try Ubuntu rather then "Linux", because it is a well known name that almost stands for itself. I installed Linux for a good number of my clients telling them that I don't deliver a PC without a system on it, and if they want Windows they can just go ahead and kill the Linux if they wish - but none ever actually did. Sure, most complained not finding what they searched for, and that some things didn't work or were "missing", but they all eventually made do using alternatives or finding tricks. This also tells me that most can recognize Linux for the alternative it is, and that all it takes is a little push - like the "Steam Deck" shipping with Linux.

Linux "desktop" is not famous for one reason is not installed by default on most computers and there are some many options to install Linux and Linix distros (but actually there are less than 5 big Linux distros the majority are forks). Because Linux is actually the kernel the rest of the OS are other software packages developed by other devs from GNU, GNOME, KDE, Arch, Red Hat, OpenSuse, Ubuntu, even Google (for Android and chrome OS), gentoo, void and altruist people. It has so much freedom that people get lost and Microsoft has so much power to control what OS ships the computer.

The thing about issue 3 and 4 are that Wine and Steam's Proton, you can run Windows apps on Linux. I think that's a bust.

I think the first and greatest barrier is that the vast majority of computers are sold with Windows or MacOS preinstalled and the buyers do not give much thought on the underlying OS. People who buy computers with Linux preinstalled do it because they searched for exactly such devices. So switching to Linux is a step that must be based on a specific motivation or problem situation. Be it technical curiosity, concerns about security and privacy or the refusal to have to buy new hardware for Windows 11. And not so many people thake that step.

I think the problem that newbies have with Linux is the massive amount of jargon involved. This makes getting on with Linux difficult!

Linux marketshare has been growing slowly but steadily for over a decade and apparently is now around 3.5%. that's similar to where Mac was before the iPhone was announced. It will continue to grow because it's awesome, keeps getting better, and windows keeps increasingly becoming more of a bloated piece of advertising spyware.

I think is funny to talk how good linux is and why isn't in the top of all :)... ... in front of MacOS 😂

9:19 Choosing the "right" Linux Distro. Yes good point. It is overwhelming when you look at all the Linux Distros and your like which one do I pick?? Good point.

at 5:25 i was definitely not expecting to see @AbroadinJapan casually making an appearance in this video🤣🤣🤣🤣

I would not expect any "traditional" Linux distro to become popular because updates can break them. Luckily image-based distros with Flatpak are solving this. It is only a matter of time now

If Microsoft Office and the Adobe Suite were available on Linux, I would immediately switch. As it is right now, I unfortunately depend on those two suits for business reasons. However, I did switch from Windows 11 to Linux Mint on my personal computer and am loving it!!! It was so much easier than anticipated and my laptop now runs like on rocket fuel.

Can you suggest an up to date Linux distro that runs on older 32 bit CPU ?

The reason I wont swap to linux is because of compatibility. If a larger number of apps were available id definitely consider it. Windows will just do anything though and its supported by every program no matter how small the developer is. Linux is gonna struggle to get that level of support because so little people use it. I wish I could try it but every time I have its just not there with compatiblity. The os itself is pretty good.

Your macbook isn't fit well into this video

Gaming is the one and only reason why my desktop is still using windows.

The problem for me, is like all the things that were said i.e. the terminal, some features you had no option but to use the terminal. The lack of general support from software developers for something like Office and video editing, but Blackmagic Davinci Resolve is available for Linux, but I think that's for certain distros, and the lack of good games for Linux

As far as using the terminal. When I have to use it. I usually just copy and paste a command. And at most I have to change some arguments or specify a path.

You better be running asahi on that mac in view, sir

as a linux user, i agreee in the most part, especally in the gaming part, i know that linux seems complicated to the new user, but once i explain that is basically a lego set, they understand everything.

I use it. I use it ALL THE TIME, every day. Linux is and will remain my "go to" operating system. I've been using it since 2002, when I started a business and needed to design electronic circuits and lay out printed circuit boards. I couldn't afford tens of thousands of dollars for a high end commercial workstation for that, so I rolled my own using freely available software running on Linux. Linux was still rough around the edges back then. There were stability issues, etc. I've watched it solidify over the years, and now it is every bit as good as (actually BETTER THAN) Windows or any other offering.

You know what's killing Linux on the desktop? The fact that it's not necessary. Linux already does all the hard work on the back end of the Internet to make sure it's working properly, you don't really need it up front if you like the interface you're given. Linux already is making the compute experience better for everyone whether you know you use it or not, and in the end that's probably all that really matters for most people. For the rest of us, that have actual work to do and aren't just mindlessly pushing paper around, we'll use a UNIX-like or UNIX OS to do our work because the architecture behind shared computers has been doing real work for real businesses since the late 60's (when it was Multics).

Its not that I cant use it, its just that it mostly isnt as beautiful like windows or that it has many software compatible with it. There are also driver compatibility issues.

linux is awesome

I recently installed Manjaro Linux on my sister's early 2009 24in iMac. I doubled the ram and installed an SSD and revived a platform that Apple abandoned years ago. The computer works like a charm. They can keep their @#_$# ecosystem.

Being more readily available on new machines without having to install is a big thing. As for the gaming, the big companies need to get their head out of the sand and enable Linux support in their anti-cheat systems which, at least with Epic's anti-cheat is simply a flag that any developer can set to allow it. Also if Linux gamers are such a small, no concern, number, would UBIsoft feel the need to ban people's accounts who are using Linux.

W Surfshark

My list would be: 1. Terminal and config files. Yes, you can install Linux distro nowadays without using the terminal, but if you run into any problem whatsoever you will immediately need it. The same goes for config files - any problem at all and you have to hunt for some obscure file in ridiculously named directory. 2. Open software UI and how crappy it is. FOSS software UI tends to be convoluted, unintuitive and simply strange. 3. Almost religious convictions FOSS enthusiast exhibit talking about freedom, big corporations, privacy and so on. I tend to stay away from such people whenever I can, just as I do when I encounter a streat preacher.

One thing that held me back is music software. Sure, we can run Reaper natively, but not Ableton Live, Fruity Loops I got to install through Wine and seems stable, Native Instruments Kontakt libraries have issues, Cue Base, but due to how well Proton runs my Stram library as there are no online shooters or MMO I play (and I have 3tb steam library), in time all my music software will work just fine or I'll figure it out. Even though getting Mint to work how I want it to work has taken me so far about 12 hours, and I am learning the command line, in the future this will be totally worth it to walk away from Windows.

The amount of Linux distros can be confusing but you can make it part of the learning experience. Using virtual machines can help.

The Distro-Hop is real. Even among us seasoned Linux users. I would like to bring up another point: 8. Most people haven't even heard of Linux, or even know what it is. One of the most frequent questions I get when I mention Linux is, "Linux? What is that? I've never even heard of it."

Would chrome os count as a Linux ecosystem together with android?

Linux, BSD, and all open POSIX compliant OSs have an "ecosystem" KDE Connect allows connection with smartphones, localsend is like Airdrop, Nextcloud is a cloud; calendar; note taking app; etc.. There is also GNOME and KDE, Flatpak, Snap, and AppImage.

Biggest reason (and thats beacuse Linux isnt really corporate or maunfacturer backed) is that Windows is already preinstalled on every device you buy or you just get a Mac. Installing Linux isnt really that hard anymore but non-tech-savvy or non-gamers just dont want the hassle of learning how to install another OS. They just use whats already there.