What if linux took over the world

[@m.heyatzadeh]

Suggestion for your next video: Linux Community reactions to Linuses steamOS video.

[@martinMZ72]

No OS should dominate the world. Competition and the ability to switch to another OS is best for the user.

[@justwobert9850]

The Ideal situation for the computing market would be 3 or 4 main OSes. it would mean, say Windows would have to keep itself easily usable for a tech illiterate person who wants to swap from a gnome-style desktop. I think if ChromOS stops being shit we could see 3 comercially viable OSes in the mass market

[@Pdrum2]

@@justwobert9850 I think if Apple licensed it's Mac OS, it would bring some good competition.

[@martinMZ72]

@@Pdrum2 They did that in the late 90s. This was one of the first things Steve Jobs cancelled after his return to Apple. Probably won't happen again.

[@EyesMen]

​@@justwobert9850 God I hate Tech Illiterates, these people use Computers and Phones without bothering to learn anything from what they are using, just the everyday apps like Facebook, which is what old people use and still don't understand because of them being born in the era of Soviet Union or the National Socialist Era, which is ridiculous. They just need to learn and not use apps all day long because they are "gamers" when they use a gaming PC which is incompatible with TailsOS. All they need to do, is to learn computers, the tech, and Linux, and anything possible.

[@Wkaelx]

Linux is the free market, you have constant competition between diferent "Modules"" + Linux is FOSS, I wouldn't use an OS that is closed source anymore.

[@ManfredBartz]

ROFL! Apart from all the technical hurdles, an OS with a stuffed duck in penguin camoflage as a logo is never going to take over the world. ;-)

[@DiegoValle392]

People crying for open source adoption should contribute to open source and give up their wealth.

[@warclan5429]

Linux and Unix were created for developers and for complex tasks. I remember doing development in Windows and Apple, you need to pay licenses for having access to sections and libraries of the operating system. There is no workaround in many cases. A cashcow. Small companies go with Linux. If you change linux release all is good. If you talk about telemetry it all is done in the upper layers. Your browser will do the same regardless it is windows,apple,or linux.

[@casparhughey5651]

not in Windows

[@warclan5429]

@casparhughey5651 not in windows what? You mean sdks,development accounts? I m not talking about pirated licenses

[@casparhughey5651]

@@warclan5429 I really don't know what you're talking about. Windows is always been better for developers

[@warclan5429]

@casparhughey5651 you are an ignorant that is what you are. Work and learn more.

[@misarthim6538]

What if someone took a POSIX compliant UNIX system and made it in way that computer illiterate people can handle it and also optimize it for their own hardware? Can you imagine how awesome that would be?!

[@casparhughey5651]

no one cares about that

[@UbuntuPersonNoMint]

You're describing mac os

[@misarthim6538]

@ Oh, am I? :)

[@UbuntuPersonNoMint]

@@misarthim6538 thats exactly what mac os is, it's unix with idiot proofing

[@misarthim6538]

@ No way?!

[@Wkaelx]

There isn't anything that only works with a single Linux distro, there is package-exclusives yes, but it doesn't mean you can't repackage and port it to another distro, for example, discord only offers a .deb for Debian and Ubuntu, but you can use the Aur version, for example, the Copr version, the flatpak version, the browser version. There isn't anything that is exclusive in Linux, the kernel is all the same, any application that works on X works on Y and Z. + You don't need to opensource anything for it being on Linux, Linux users may want to use FOSS adobe-like software or they just can use the proprietary software, I really don't understand your point. ++ Linux already has Firewalls and virus is common sense, you get a virus because YOU downloaded something suspicious, it's not the OS fault. +++ Almost everything you said about security and legacy code in Linux aplies to Windows and MacOS, even worse in fact, since Linux you can choose the "Modules" that the system is going to use, don't like GNU? Don't use it. Don't like Xorg? Don't use it.

[@Rafael-rn6hn]

Honestly as long as game support is there I can see lots of gamers using Linux. Most of what the average person needs nowadays is in a web browser anyways.

[@tohur]

Linux aint ever taking over but it is going to continue to grow prob getting to the point its just below macOS in marketshare. I have friends wanting to swap that know NOTHING about Linux just simply due to the bad choices Microshaft is making lately and in their words "No game is worth what Microsoft is trying to do".. with that said Windows will always be the main os on the desktop but Linux will continue growing due to Valve because who would have thunk it would even have the marketshare it has now when it was stuck at 1% and below for DECADES until just a year or two ago.. its had about 300 times the growth in just the past couple years lol

[@Wkaelx]

What's the problem in trying to switch without knowing? If they don't adapt they go back if they do adapt they stay, simple.

[@DiegoValle392]

I disagree with the competition part of closed source software, we have been on a contrarian way of competition of SME alternatives to an oligopoly controlled type system, it may be true on games, but there's no true alternative for productivity and job software, people have created a heavy dependency and integration on there social life and jobs that they can't change no matter how good the competition is.

[@casparhughey5651]

First thing the internet would shut down

[@GeorgeSomething5]

Go AIX, go!

[@johnosullivan675]

Mint doesn't rely on Ubuntu. There's a mint debian edition too. Imho it's cleaner.

[@UbuntuPersonNoMint]

He mentioned lmde already. If its cleaner why do they still have an Ubuntu version?

[@LG-YXZ]

In a non-evil world we would have only one operating system (, etc). Just think about it. What does the current operating system situation tell us about us and our world?

[@arthurpizza]

You seem to have no idea how the GPL or the Linux community work.

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

It already has. Most computers run linux besides the small 8% p.c. market of total computer market. The global server operating system marketshare has Linux leading with a 62.7%. And over half the smart phones run Linux. The embedded computers mostly run Linux. Iot devices yeah Linux.

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

Personally I use Debian Linux. But hate tech in my appliances. I don't need cameras on fridge or voice control on my microwave. I shouldn't have enough computing power on a refrigerator to game on. My whirlpool dish washer could use a lcd with timer on it. I hate having to run my Lg drier to get cloths dry. The wife noticed I like tech but prefer keep it simple stupid. I just need and expect stuff to run or work right. That old analog timer and switches last forever on driers. Like Speedqueen washer and driers. You should run a firewall now with Linux. Most distro's have firewall with them.

[@hydrilara]

Linux belongs to severs and mobiles. It will never be able to lurk in to desktop space because it simply doesn't support many main stream softwares. Until it is addressed, it will never be a main stream usable desktop space. Using Linux made me depressed, like really, literally, I felt alone when using it, no joke. There is very little to no help when things go wrong. When I say this, Linux fan boys mock me like I have skill issue. No I am a fairly advanced user and a programmer myself. It's a real pain to get the things done in Linux.

[@Dinu5346]

I agree with the mainstream software being not available and the package format mess is preventing linux OS' competing with windows and macos. But they're not really that difficult to use once you properly learn how to use the terminal commands and once you learn how the operating system works (I mean the file system hierarchy, package management system, core command line tools, desktop environments, etc.). Once you're familiar with these things, It's actually a lot better to use than Windows or Mac. But that's the biggest problem. The user need to spend at least a year to really learn and understand the operating system. If you try to jump into the Linux OS too quickly without learning these things properly first, then it's very hard to use if you want to do anything more than just simply browse the web and do documents and stuff using the GUI programs.

[@hydrilara]

@Dinu5346 yeah, it takes some time to get familiar with the Linux system but for normal users it is not possible to invest so much time to learn new stuff. Being a programmer, I forced myself to learn but I don't think normal users go down this path.

[@warclan5429]

That works if you create nothing other than using products windows or apple supports. Msoffice,anyone that works in a office with a desktop printing invoices.

[@katokianimation]

@@Dinu5346 why would you learn linux commands if you can run all of the linux apps and more on a windows pc without ever opening a terminal. just with a few clicks thanks to the graphical user interface. most of us are happy for the invention of laziness. especially at times like this when you have to work your ass off to get a paper to secure a job that gonna let you starve. furthermore not everybody is native english so outside of the english speaking countries it's even more work to get the same work done in linux

[@Dinu5346]

@@hydrilara Exactly. That's the problem with linux OS' in general and that's why mostly developers use Linux

[@DiegoValle392]

"Because it makes you a hipster and you feel special", nah, sounds like someone is butt hurted at Linux Evangelists. Sorry, Kent, but it is kinda pathetic being annoyed at terminally online kids having fun with Unix like OS's.

[@Robert-sj8ld]

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[@katokianimation]

if linux were the only option for using a computer, we would spend more time with our smartphones. today what avarge people likes about digital technology is that it is so simple even a 5 years old who is shaking their arm like a caveman could make and upload a nice looking video on social media. we are not on the way of people caring more about how computers work. quite the opposite. the number of people who are doing stuff done in a computer is skyrocketed not bc people got more passionate about programming and multimeda but bc nowaday you can excel at low level without any.

[@Wkaelx]

And? Don't you see? A lot of youngers don't know how to use a computer, it's not "If Linux", did you know, Android is linux? It's a super modified version, yeah I agree, desktop Linux isn't perfect and have a lot of flaws, but it works better than Windows or MacOS in a lot of ways, the oposite is true too, just like everything Linux is evolving every day, in 5~10 years you WONT need to touch the commandline at all, today it's very limited use, you mostly use if you prefer, but you still need here and there.

[@katokianimation]

@Wkaelx yes i knew. And even macos is based on a unixlike system. I don't think its matter bc they are fundamentally different experiences and philosophy. Watching adds after playing a match of chess is and your files getting monitored for personal recomendations as default is as far from the linux experience as you could get. i Hope that linux gonna evolve. I would love to not have a big tech beetween me and my prefered softwares/apps.

[@Wkaelx]

@@katokianimation I already use Linux as a daily driver, i recomend you do is: Install Linux in a VM(if your computer can obviously) and try to use it for a week or two, if you find it does the job and you can actually use it partionate your system, continue with Window as a fall back, when you're a 100% comfortable with Linux you can use Windows in a VM(like me) for more specific tasks, like using Adobe software, it isn't perfect but it's the best aproach nowadays if the aplication doesn't work with Wine.

[@katokianimation]

@@Wkaelx i would like to give a shot to limux again. I got here bc i was interested in linux when i learned that my pc isnt win11 compatable. but right now i'm happy if i have 3 hours of freetime per a weekend and setting up my pipeline for my animations just dosen't seem feasible at this stage of my life.