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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    You won’t, but the average Joe will.

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      14 hours ago

      In which case average Joe needs people like us to push back against coercive bullshit so that it doesn’t become entrenched.

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      Average Joe lives in ignorance and doesnt know enough to care.

      and theres also a good chance they don’t care enough to know… until shit hits the fan of course.

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        I’m lost for what point you’re trying to make, in relation to this topic and article.