Above is the reason Linux will never become mainstream. It’s just not seamless. In fact, its chaotic and unorganized. Which ends up making the software very clunky and hard to manage. Eventually leading to the point when even the power users might prefer something more refined and easy to use.
While we were researching we ran into the inquiry “Will Linux become mainstream in the future?”.
Linux is already mainstream. That android phone in the majority of people’s pockets is linux as are the chromebooks which are built on modified Ubuntu and moving forward Google has stated that all chromebooks will be fully Linux. Just about every non-Apple tablet uses Android too.
When I was reading we ran into the question “Does Linux have more publicity than we think?”.
Ultimately, Linux doesn’t have close to as much publicity as we might like to think. If we can get past that first barrier, the whole Linux community will see a spike in progress.
Why is Linux not popular on the desktop?
Linux world is fragmented. The main reason why Linux is not popular on the desktop is that it doesn’t have “the one” OS for the desktop as does Microsoft with its Windows and Apple with its mac, and os. If Linux had only one operating system, then the scenario would be totally different today.
This is more difficult to do with Linux because it is not a single company. GNU/Linux is free and accessible to anyone with a computer and internet access. Even if Ubuntu, for example, begins to run expensive campaigns to recruit more users, that will be only Ubuntu’s market share. Granted, it’s still GNU/Linux but they will have a long way to go.
Why are open Linux systems so hard to come by?
Linux systems are hard to come by as they are not promoted to the mainstream public. To finish this: They are not mainstream on desktops because they have drawbacks and they haven’t been promoted enough to fix those drawbacks. Played around with Linux since 12 years, professionally too.
You should be asking “Why do so many Windows users not use Linux?”
So many Windows users do little or nothing about security. Those that do, have far fewer problems. They never seem to understand that doing nothing about security and practicing sketchy internet habits, are a recipe for – calling me. Ultimately, Linux doesn’t have close to as much publicity as we might like to think.
Which big tech companies are developing Linux-based OS?
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, arguably the most popular Linux-based OS. Other than these two, you can’t find any big tech giant behind any Linux-based OS for the desktop. Linux kernel has a free and open source license by nature.