Linux market share crossed the 5% mark in late 2010, and sat there for about five years, spiking at 5.9% in June 2015 before settling back down. So why has it failed to grow? What is wrong with Linux?
This was written about 8 years ago. Do you feel the Linux landscape has objectively improved? Why? Why not?
It’s understandable some people get anxiety when presented with too many equal options, but the thing is they have to be equal options
No, they absolutely don’t. That’s not what the psychology says at all. They merely have to be difficult for you to distinguish at a quick glance. The fact that there are right and wrong answers for each person, while identifying what those right and wrong answers are is difficult is exactly the problem.
The idea that “it’s obvious; you’re not trying” isn’t just laughable horseshit. It’s also obscenely disrespectful. Because the people making the comments obviously don’t know, and many of them have actually tried. The differences are way deeper than surface level.
difficult for you to distinguish at a quick glance
That’s what I’m saying though. You’re just mincing words. If you look at GNOME and then look at KDE, you’re not going to see very many similarities. The choices are clear.
They’re going for drastically different things. So yeah, it’s obvious; they’re not trying. They haven’t done a single search.
I’m absolutely not. You’re projecting your experience onto people who don’t have it.
The idea that the average user can learn literally anything about how an OS works from a screenshot of a desktop or a table of features that means nothing to them is delusional. They have no frame of reference for any of it. It’s completely and utterly meaningless.
No, they absolutely don’t. That’s not what the psychology says at all. They merely have to be difficult for you to distinguish at a quick glance. The fact that there are right and wrong answers for each person, while identifying what those right and wrong answers are is difficult is exactly the problem.
The idea that “it’s obvious; you’re not trying” isn’t just laughable horseshit. It’s also obscenely disrespectful. Because the people making the comments obviously don’t know, and many of them have actually tried. The differences are way deeper than surface level.
That’s what I’m saying though. You’re just mincing words. If you look at GNOME and then look at KDE, you’re not going to see very many similarities. The choices are clear.
They’re going for drastically different things. So yeah, it’s obvious; they’re not trying. They haven’t done a single search.
No, the choices are absolutely not clear in any way. The literal only way to learn the differences in function is to use them.
That’s a ridiculous thing to say. You’re being disingenuous.
I’m absolutely not. You’re projecting your experience onto people who don’t have it.
The idea that the average user can learn literally anything about how an OS works from a screenshot of a desktop or a table of features that means nothing to them is delusional. They have no frame of reference for any of it. It’s completely and utterly meaningless.