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%.

  • RagingToad@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not sure exactly how many blobs I need to install Linux on my pc. I know there’s proprietary stuff for my Nvidia card (optional) and possibly NIC, but most hardware is supported by the kernel these days?

    Also, the play store. That’s my biggest issue with Android. Everything depends on the store.

    • naeap@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      1 year ago

      Did you try Aurora store (interface to Google play store, trying to hide your installs) or the more Linux like repository manager f-droid?