Why don't more people use Linux?
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A couple of weeks ago, I saw a tweet asking: "If Linux is so good, why aren't more people using it?" And it's a fair question! It intuitively rings true until you give it a moment's consideration. Linux is even free, so what's stopping mass adoption, if it's actually better? My response: “If exercising is so healthy, why don't more peo...

And Linux isn’t minimal effort. It’s an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding computers better. With a sensei who keeps demanding you figure problems out on your own in order to learn and level up.

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That’s why I’d love to see more developers take another look at Linux. Such that they may develop better proficiency in the basic katas of the internet. Such that they aren’t scared to connect a computer to the internet without the cover of a cloud.

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  • flashgnash@lemm.ee
    2·
    4 months ago

    Windows is not difficult to install, it’s just tedious and full of anti privacy options most people don’t care about

    Also don’t think 90% of people will ever install an operating system in the first place anyway

    Teenagers are not lazy and are definitely installing it have you seen the hyprland discord

    • psychOdelicEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      have not, have only seen dozens of actual teenagers in real life.

      • flashgnash@lemm.ee
        1·
        4 months ago

        I’ve seen maybe 4 people using Linux in real life and 2 of them are friends/family

        If you’re in any of the Linux related discords for long enough to pick up on it you’ll realize there are a lot of kids there

        • psychOdelicEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          the only people I know, that “use” Linux, are those Instagram hackerman type of persons.

          • flashgnash@lemm.ee
            2·
            4 months ago

            Pretty sure a lot of the people here are deathly allergic to anything meta. I know a couple people irl who just get on and use it also