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Why don't more people use Linux?

by funOtter on 9/6/24, 4:00 AM with 6 comments

• by hcfman on 9/6/24, 5:25 AM

  People really are sheep. They follow a lot what other people around them do.

  I would be interesting to do a sort of Truman show experiment on the use of Linux. Get a whole lot of some persons friends to use Linux. See if the outsider starts to try it.

• by ThrowawayR2 on 9/6/24, 4:30 AM

  Fourth duplicate posting in two days? Previous posts were:

  Why don't more people use Linux? (world.hey.com) 8 points by signa11 17 hours ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41455379

  Why don't more people use Linux? (world.hey.com) 5 points by RyeCombinator 1 day ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41450849

  Why don't more people use Linux? (world.hey.com) 5 points by ibobev 2 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41432927

  Why don't more people use Linux? (world.hey.com) 10 points by dotcoma 3 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41427054

• by phren0logy on 9/6/24, 4:17 AM

  It’s not preinstalled

• by 1oooqooq on 9/6/24, 4:06 AM

  no marketing budget