Here's why Linux market share isn't going to skyrocket anytime soon (thelibre.news)

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You've heard the "prophecy": next year is going to be the year of the Linux desktop, right? Linux is no longer the niche hobby of bearded sysadmins and free software evangelists that it was a decade ago! Modern distributions like Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, and Linux Mint are sleek, accessible, and — dare I say it — mainstream-adjacent.

Linux is ready for professional work, including video editing, and it even manages to maintain a slight market share advantage over macOS among gamers, according to the Steam Hardware & Software Survey.

However, it's not ready to dethrone Windows. At least, not yet!

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[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev -1 points 2 days ago

No, I said that some important features don't exist. They said "well I don't use them", as if that somehow negated the point that they don't exist. It's typical "works for me" nonsense. You get these replies whenever anyone says anything is suboptimal about Linux. It's so tedious.

[-] bitcrafter@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Incorrect. You did not just say that some things were "suboptimal" about Linux; your thrust was that Linux offers a "frustrating experience" overall compared to Windows as a result of all of these supposed "paper cuts":

There are so many of these paper cuts I think Linux would be quite a frustrating experience for many people even if if had Windows-level hardware support.

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