Ondine Bruch (@veroandi@mastodon.social)
mastodon.social
Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like "There might be a very simple explanation for why the masses have yet to adopt Linux as their desktop operating system and it's one the open-source community won't like" https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-dont-more-people-use-desktop-linux-i-have-a-theory-you-might-not-like/ #opensource #linux #distro

Two main points:

  • no one unified distro to keep things simple (thread OP)

VS

  • people don’t care. Someone else needs to advocate, sell, migrate, and support (medium term) Linux (whichever distro they want) for the intermediate term (few months at least) - thread response).

I think a lot of the 97% desktop market share is like this, instead of the hands on 2-3%.

  • snowraven@sh.itjust.works
    39·
    1 year ago

    Ah yes, late stage capitalism. Communism was the answer all along. /S

    Edit: I love how evryone ignored /S for sarcasm. Just to clarify, yes I know communism is ideal on paper but doesn’t work in real life and yes, capitalism while having its flaws is the only alternate we have.

    • 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      because of course, pointing out that capitalism will cause a specific problem can only be a disguised attempt to resuscitate Joseph Stalin.

    • RagingToad@feddit.nlEnglish
      32·
      1 year ago

      I don’t have the answer to the best form of government, but communism doesn’t work. That has already been proven?

      And capitalism is actually pretty good, until it turns everything into ads and destroys the planet :-/ I wish there was something better.

      • snowraven@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yes sadly, I see your point. Big corporates are ruining everything. This is not to say I advocate communism but it’s sad to see the only alternative to communism devolving into a toxic system.

      • GuilhermePelayo@slrpnk.net
        1·
        1 year ago

        Don’t know why I’m commenting this on a Linux thread but I would like to invite you to read a bit more about socialism, what communism is and why in way shape or form was ever attempted. A true communist society would require a lot of thing that are simply not possible without a massive shift in culture, society and relations to power and globalization. Any communism you are thinking about is mostly marketing communism by the the “communist” countries themselves that started basically as a primitive form of revolution and got stuck in the phase after it in which basically created a authoritarian regime that didn’t even attempt to be true communism. Noam Chomsky has a very cool video speaking about leninism which he goes into detail. Don’t fall on me for the comment it was just an invite