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On this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linux (www.xda-developers.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't think the usability problems with Linux are even visible to most Linux users. Most Linux users are probably either "at least mildly techy (and has been using Linux for a while)" or "just needs web and e-mails."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This, 100%. There has been serious progress in useability the past few years with distros like Zorin, but FOSS nerds are coming from a fundamentally different angle than people who are used to commercial software. Linux is extremely robust on the backend, but the frontend experience is still lacking for normal people.

Hopefully one day soon we can all meet in the middle. Once a distro comes about that's as (or more) consumer friendly than Windows/Mac, the commercial platforms will be quite literally unable to compete.

EDIT: I feel I should point out that "the year of the Linux server" arrived a long time ago.