Why don't more people use Linux?
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A couple of weeks ago, I saw a tweet asking: "If Linux is so good, why aren't more people using it?" And it's a fair question! It intuitively rings true until you give it a moment's consideration. Linux is even free, so what's stopping mass adoption, if it's actually better? My response: “If exercising is so healthy, why don't more peo...

And Linux isn’t minimal effort. It’s an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding computers better. With a sensei who keeps demanding you figure problems out on your own in order to learn and level up.

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That’s why I’d love to see more developers take another look at Linux. Such that they may develop better proficiency in the basic katas of the internet. Such that they aren’t scared to connect a computer to the internet without the cover of a cloud.

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  • @0x0
    20•13 days ago

    That’s why I’d love to see more developers take another look at Linux.

    I’d love to see more developers taking a look at writing portable cross-platform code.

    • @[email protected]
      1•8 days ago

      Super easy to do nowadays, everything I write is cross platform just by virtue of every programming language I use being that way provided I’m somewhat mindful about it

      • @0x0
        1•7 days ago

        every programming language I use being that way

        Are there interpreted languages?

        • @[email protected]
          1•7 days ago

          Python is the gold standard for cross platform interpreted languages

          If what you meant was are they all interpreted, no C# rust and python are the main 3 I use rn and are all cross platform