Agree with everthing @ericbuijs@lemmy.ml said below. That windows and macOS comes pre-installed on every purchasable computer is 99.9% of the reason that the linux desktop isn’t more popular. Everything else in this article were concerns that don’t affect most people using computers:
Lack of Testers and Reporters
Linux OS’s have more testers and reporters than windows, having a larger number of power users to report issues. This has lead to some very stable distros: watch those videos of some older non-savvy computer people trying to use windows vs some clean linux distros.
Lack of Code Contributors, Developers and Maintainers
Linux has probably 10x the code contributers that windows does. Also M$ and Apple are closed source, so that’s not even something they can compete on.
Toxicity
Exists on windows and mac forums and communities just as much if not moreso.
GNOME “Vs.” KDE/Plasma
Non-issue that people don’t have to care about after they install an OS.
Package Managers
Much easier to use than windows, and one of the main reasons to switch to linux!
Agree with everthing @ericbuijs@lemmy.ml said below. That windows and macOS comes pre-installed on every purchasable computer is 99.9% of the reason that the linux desktop isn’t more popular. Everything else in this article were concerns that don’t affect most people using computers:
Linux OS’s have more testers and reporters than windows, having a larger number of power users to report issues. This has lead to some very stable distros: watch those videos of some older non-savvy computer people trying to use windows vs some clean linux distros.
Linux has probably 10x the code contributers that windows does. Also M$ and Apple are closed source, so that’s not even something they can compete on.
Exists on windows and mac forums and communities just as much if not moreso.
Non-issue that people don’t have to care about after they install an OS.
Much easier to use than windows, and one of the main reasons to switch to linux!