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What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows (www.theregister.com)
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As Torvalds pointed out in 2019, is that while some major hardware vendors do sell Linux PCs – Dell, for example, with Ubuntu – none of them make it easy. There are also great specialist Linux PC vendors, such as System76, Germany's TUXEDO Computers, and the UK-based Star Labs, but they tend to market to people who are already into Linux, not disgruntled Windows users. No, one big reason why Linux hasn't taken off is that there are no major PC OEMs strongly backing it. To Torvalds, Chromebooks "are the path toward the desktop."

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Yep, choice is nice, but everyone and their uncle rolling out distros is excessive as all fuck. Especially when there is precious little that isnt ultimately, deep down, just another flavor of Debian, Arch or Fedora.

[-] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

So? There are lots of restraint and cars and people manage to just pick one

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

They also usually stay true to their car brand.

So the choice has been narrowed down to their house brand and the current/last year model.

So much choices... /s

[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

This is one of the coolest things about Universal Blue OSs like Bazzite. You can very easily roll your own custom OS based off of one of their images. And it's all automated.

I feel like that's the best of both worlds. Extreme customizability and standardization.

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