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Discussion on: Why is Linux Not More Popular on the Desktop?

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And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

The answer has nothing to do with popularity or usability or familiarity or anything UI/UX. It is all about advertising and [semi-redact above] familiarity or comfort. Windows was so bam bam in the beginning that it dominated the market, and became what is know as the Coke syndrome where the very idea of an OS, for desktop, was to assume Windows. "...I'd like a coke please." interprets to, "...I'm buying a new desktop" and now the buyer is only assuming that it comes with Windows.

Oh well, my flavor is Mint or any Debian with smaller PCs (media centers and 3d-printer boxes) favor towards LinuxLite. distrowatch.com/table.php?distribu...