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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I love Linux, but I never expect it to be mainstream or even extremely accessible to typical users

It already is mainstream. You probably own 10 times as many computers running Linux than Windows without even knowing it.

Desktop computers are a just a tiny part of the market.

it'd probably get ruined somehow by corporate interference, monetization, etc.

Yeah, it did. It’s called Android.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it did. It’s called Android.

Aren't there Android versions that don't have all the Google things and are open source? (GrapheneOS and LineageOS) If you're just talking about your average android I'm afraid I agree and am an offender myself. (I hope to change that one day though)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Google still controls the source, and so they have influence over the rest.

It's like Ungoogled Chromium. Sure, it's open source. Sure, if might have Google crap removed. Google still calls the shots on the direction of the browser.

Same still meaningfully applies to Chromium-based browsers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's good to know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is a dumb argument. Yes, my phone uses Linux. How many of the Android users actively come in contact with the underlying system?

Mainstream Linux means a big part of people actively choosing to install a Linux distribution or buy a computer or notebook with a real Linux distro pre installed (not that lightweight barebones distro they preinstall so they can sell it without Windows but with OS).

I use Gentoo, the family PC has OpenSUSE, only my wife's laptop has Windows... Because guess what, she wants to use what she's used to, what she knows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Mainstream Linux means a big part of people actively choosing to install a Linux distribution or buy a computer or notebook

How is that mainstream? Desktop computers (including notebooks) are a niche market.