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submitted 1 year ago by GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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%.

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[–] elouboub@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (10 children)

You don't need a unified version, you need easily accessible linux hardware (desktop, laptop, phone, etc.). People do not give a swimming fuck about which OS they're using. Whatever's on their hardware will become their main OS.

https://puri.sm https://slimbook.es https://system76.com/ https://tuxedocomputers.com , they are all doing a good job of leading the charge and trying to occupy most segments, but what they lack is still QA, ease of use, and most importantly marketing and support from the linux community. They need to dump huge amounts of money into marketing (which they probably don't have) and the linux community should altogether stop buying bullshit pseudo-supported linux laptops from Dell, Lenovo, and HP.

There are linux shops out there. Stop giving your money to other companies and wishing on linux dominance. It's nonsensical.

[–] Buntomat@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@elouboub @GravelPieceOfSword has to work

[–] elouboub@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Definitely. If it doesn't or if a CLI has to be opened for a single thing, the majority will not use it.

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