[Discuss] Community out-reach... convert the masses?

[admin at bclug.ca (Ron)]

Steve Litt wrote on 2025-02-18 08:40:

> But let me tell you what's*really* 1999: Seeking the triumph of the
> Linux desktop. I was there in those heady days when Linux was a
> revolution, not an OS. We were going to displace Windows and Mac. And
> you know what? On the server we succeeded. On the desktop? Not even
> close. If we haven't "won" on the desktop in 25 years, it's doubtful we
> ever will. And that's just fine with me.

Mostly agree with this.

It's always good to peel a few more users over to Linux from Windows 
when it becomes too annoying for them to bear any longer.

They'll probably convert another couple people, or at least raise 
awareness among friends & family.


That's good.


But yeah, desktop Linux is better than ever, and is not going to grow by 
much.

People hated but put up with Windows Vista, loved its SP3 (called 
Windows 7), hated 8, loved 10, hate 11, but they're just going to keep 
putting up with it.


Alas.


Kent Borg wrote on 2025-02-19 09:36:

> But I suspect Linux's greatest foe as a user OS isn't MS Windows nor Mac OS, but the fact that people aren't buying personal computers so much anymore. Haven't the little pocket computers we call "cell phones" shoved PCs aside for many?

This gets to the crux of it: desktop and laptop computers are stagnant, 
mobile is sufficient for the majority of people's use.


And the power of "the default" cannot be easily surmounted.