I remember in the mid 2000s there was a lot of buzz around desktop Linux to the point where big OEMs like Dell were offering consumer laptops and desktops with only Ubuntu pre-installed.
Makes me sad that never really took off and Linux remains almost as impenetrable to the average person.
I tried Linux a few years ago as a lark. Within ten minutes of installation I had hit an issue that required me to search for a solution, and I found myself in vi editing a .conf file.
NEVER AGAIN. I noped right out of there and deleted the partition.
Dell still does the Ubuntu Pre installs I think. When I got my shitty laptop years ago I could choose Ubuntu or Windows. I chose windows back then :-(
The year of Linux on the desktop will not come until the PC manufacturers get expropriated. The notion that we will see 100% adoption of GNU+Linux because it is the best option is free market ideology. Manufacturers want vendor lock-in and planned obsolescence. The only time large firms end up pushing Linux is as a means to avoid getting cornered by bigger competitors (See: Android, SteamOS/Proton, etc).
I remember in the mid 2000s there was a lot of buzz around desktop Linux to the point where big OEMs like Dell were offering consumer laptops and desktops with only Ubuntu pre-installed.
Makes me sad that never really took off and Linux remains almost as impenetrable to the average person.
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I tried Linux a few years ago as a lark. Within ten minutes of installation I had hit an issue that required me to search for a solution, and I found myself in vi editing a .conf file.
NEVER AGAIN. I noped right out of there and deleted the partition.
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Dell still does the Ubuntu Pre installs I think. When I got my shitty laptop years ago I could choose Ubuntu or Windows. I chose windows back then :-(
The year of Linux on the desktop will not come until the PC manufacturers get expropriated. The notion that we will see 100% adoption of GNU+Linux because it is the best option is free market ideology. Manufacturers want vendor lock-in and planned obsolescence. The only time large firms end up pushing Linux is as a means to avoid getting cornered by bigger competitors (See: Android, SteamOS/Proton, etc).