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30 sats \ 5 replies \ @zuspotirko 13 Jan \ on: Why does Linux never won over macOS and Windows? opensource

Because the Linux community is too up in their own asses to find solutions and instead expect normies to execute 2 page long instructions of command line

I'm a linux user for almost 10 years and work in tech. But 95% of the population out there isn't.

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @supratic OP 13 Jan

Sovereign individual mentality? It is maybe just an escalation process everyone need to go thought, and the OS used in their devices somehow reflects the current state of mindset.

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko 13 Jan freebie

No, it has nothing to do with that. Making good software has nothing to do with mindset.

Often all a project would have to would be to repackage it into an executable file. Or provide a installation bash file. 1 day of work at most.

Techy people like me don't need it. But 99% of the population does. And Linux community is just too ignorant. Or not smart enough, for many projects I feel like they couldn't even conceive of doing the last step after 99% of the work is done - it's just beyond what their able to think of themselves sometimes.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Line2Wire 13 Jan

Incorrect - The expectation of an executable file like Windows forces users to get off the internet is precisely one of the things Linux FIXED - It is a point of education, as it's a massive security breach, but the status-quo of software downloading on windows made such actions normalised.

How does Linux fix this? Repo-based package-management using a GUI AppStore a la KDE Discover and Gnome Software. It's how grandmas download facebook on their phones, and it's exactly Linux's strength, it just needs a push on that front.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @supratic OP 13 Jan

I do not mean "make" software, I mean "using" software...

The fact is that to use linux you must be able to build it ad maintain it. Build a linux machine it's hard for most of the people, it requires priceless effort and knowledge, and it's hard to buy a prebuild one somewhere Does engineers have a advantage? Yes, but because some spend their entire life into it.

I strongly believe a linux user has a different mindset than a Windows user... that's why they're still paying for software updates.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @pakovm 13 Jan

"Copying and pasting is easier than looking for the correct download button in a shady webpage" is an argument you may read from many Linux elitists and one of the reasons many dev don't make GUIs for Linux.