Today I talk about why Linux is still not going to go mainstream

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Linux is experiencing renewed interest as Windows 10 reaches end-of-life and Windows 11 hardware restrictions push users to consider alternatives. However, the same fundamental barriers that have historically prevented mainstream Linux adoption remain: driver issues (especially Nvidia), software availability gaps (Adobe, Microsoft Office), distribution fragmentation, and installation complexity. While some growth is expected, particularly from motivated users fleeing Windows limitations, the structural challenges inherent to open-source software make a dramatic shift to mainstream adoption unlikely. A modest 2% market share increase would represent significant progress, but the "year of the Linux desktop" remains an unrealistic expectation.

This is NOT The Year of the Linux Desktop

I think the big problem is that firstly, Linux folks seem to think that the OS is the most important thing to talk about. And as mentioned in the video, the problem is apps, that’s what users care about not an OS.
I use Linux, Windows and Mac. The reason I keep rebooting out of Linux because of apps I need in every day usage.
Yes, we have equivalent apps for just about everything these days, but they are still clunky, quirky and let’s face it, down right ugly UI some times for the average user.
That keeps users from taking something other than Windows and Mac seriously.
Linux continues year on year to be seen as the nerd’s and developers platform. It is like preaching the benefits of the right gasoline/fuel to someone that just needs to drive from A to B. Sell the car not the gas!
Just my two cents as someone that uses the three major platforms every day of the week for work and play.

My father has old PC, and 3 years ago his Win7 system started to work very slowly. I installed Ubuntu on his machine and he is very happy with it for all this time. He basically uses browser. He has never been a fan of computers, co claim that linux is only for nerds isnt true.
I think that most people are using their computers this way at home, but they will still stick to windows because of a habit.

I moved to bazzite as a gamer and its fun

Linux is not an “it just works” operating system, at least not yet, regardless of the distribution. I’m typing this on Pop!_OS, and I value it for what it is: flexible, transparent, and powerful. But when my goal is to forget the operating system entirely and focus purely on the work in front of me, I use a Mac. Likewise, when I want to game, I use Windows. In both cases, the operating system recedes into the background, and that’s precisely the point.
An operating system should be an invisible substrate, not an active participant demanding attention. The original philosophy of Unix was exactly this: to run applications in a consistent, composable environment without forcing the user to contort the entire system around a single task. When the OS disappears, it’s doing its job. When it requires constant intervention, it isn’t.