Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like

Nicbudd@beehaw.org to Linux@lemmy.ml – 86 points – Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like
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I'm curious to hear thoughts on this. I agree for the most part, I just wish people would see the benefit of choice and be brave enough to try it out.

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i could really use a take such as yours. there necessarily should be a reason why u changed distros. now my doubts are getting confirmed

I did it for 3 reasons:

  • hunting for PPAs, which was annoying
  • older versions of software, especially for development, I used to try out new features a lot for things like PHP and other stuff (but it's kind of a moot point now with things like Distrobox or Nix)
  • upgrades to the latest major version often breaking because I first moved to the latest non-LTS and then, when it came out, to the newest LTS, contributed by the fact that the PPAs would break, since the devs behind them needed to push a new version for the last Ubuntu release

Today I still wouldn't use it for their push of Snap, I just don't dig it, I much prefer Flatpak for my apps

i am no dev but also i dont like when other stuff break when i install new stuff and have to spend hours looking up guides to troubleshoot. so at least we share a common middle ground