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Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like (www.zdnet.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm curious to hear thoughts on this. I agree for the most part, I just wish people would see the benefit of choice and be brave enough to try it out.

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[–] 22 points 3 years ago (1 child)

This is the only answer, and anybody who doesn't agree just doesn't understand users. They just use whatever you give them.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    .. and by implication, it guarantees that Linux will (almost definitely) never be the world's desktop. Mainly because there's no one single company to blackmail.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Astra Linux will be Russia's main desktop if this war continues for another 4 or 5 years. China UOS (Deepin) will be China's main desktop by 2030 or so if the USA keeps up with the trade war. Lots of countries will adopt Deepin if it's cheaper and just as stable. Linux will never be the main desktop in the West but we'll see non US allied countries become Linux countries in the next 20 years.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Imagine a state driven open source distro like deepin in some years.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Highly probable. But considering Microsoft has been subsidized by the US government indirectly for decades I don't see it being much different except that the GPL license hopefully will allow for the OS to become a common good.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Uhm how is chinese state looking to make profit of Deepin?

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What do you mean by make profit of?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    MS has to make profit of Windows. China doesn't or can't if Deepin is opensource.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Microsoft is heavily subsidized through government contracts. Deepin has it's paid support UOS alternative with extra services.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I would really love a 'standard' Linux. Mint, Puppy, Fedora and so on are good enough.

    I 'pray' every night for a killer Windows upgrade bug, but I think only Apple would benefit. Teens seem to have only iPhones as a status thing.

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