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?
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.
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.