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First of all, many webpages use Linux, so everyone is actually already using it remotely.
For PCs it is, because ppl are lazy and MS made deals with hardware vendors to ship it preinstalled and Apple even have their own OS to preinstall.
Android contains a modified Linux though and also comes preinstalled. So to some degree many people are using Linux on their portable devices, too.
Actually back in the early days of Microsoft before the huge antitrust case, their deal was if you want any computers to license windows, you can’t offer anything except windows on any computers.
Most people grew up using windows. Familiarity has a huge part. Why isn’t everyone using macos?
Very different questions though. Linux offers massive and plentiful advantages over both of those.
I am not disagreeing with the familiarity idea, though; change terrifies most people.
A lot of people just need to get shit done and it’s easier to just use the tool they know than to relearn how to use a computer.
I think relearn how to use a computer is a real stretch. Like colossal. Plenty of distros and DEs make it even easier than Windows, can look exactly like either, and are far less accident prone.
From my experience, an average user goes to a local “walmart” and buys whatever laptop they like visually. It has Windows pre-installed. They just use it.
It’s already a big step forward if they install Chrome instead of Edge. If they install Firefox or LibreOffice, they are a highly advanced average user.
Do you think anyone would care to change the OS? There should happen something really big for it to happen.
It feels like most people here are only reacting to the title. If you actually look at the article, it talks about commonly mentioned advantages and examples of Linux.
It’s really not that interesting to me as an article, but from scrolling through some others there might be more interesting stuff here. Or am I missing something?
