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   Martin Owens :inkscape: (doctormo@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 12:14:52 JST Martin Owens :inkscape:

   Do I want people to use #Linux? Yes.

   But I'm also very aware of how much of a support network is needed if you are going to be using any particular software. Even companies with $$ to spend fail frequently by focusing on their software and not enough on their socialware.

   #Windows problems: Like a friend who eats a terrible truck stop sandwich, the problem isn't my friend, it's the regulations that allow poisonous food to exist in the first place. For now: #sympathy.

   https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112640037474320201

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     eshep (eshep@social.trom.tf)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 12:14:51 JST eshep

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     @doctormo I think the single biggest problem with mass linux adoption is choice. Most people only want choice in the way of choosing one thing over another. When presented with a seemingly infinite platter of decisions, most are going to be too overwhelmed to want to make any choice at all. This is why many people are okay with all of their OS decisions being made by someone else; it allows them to communicate with others in a familiar setting. By having my UI look identical to that of everyone else I know, I'm presented with a level of comfort that linux is just not able to provide without (initially) limiting the freedoms we enjoy from it.

     Linux as a mass-consumer OS is doable, but to do that, everyone needs to presented with a homgeneous experience. From there, people would then have the freedom to do as they wish. However, this presents us on the linux side with the biggest problem we could ever imagine... agreeing on what will be "the face of linux". In order to provide this initial homogenous experience, a single program (for every software choice any of us have ever made) would have to be chosen as "the one" that will be presented as "linux" to the general consumer. Who makes the call on "what does linux look like"? Why should any particular program be chosen over another?

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     eshep (eshep@social.trom.tf)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 13:10:46 JST eshep

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     @doctormo Sorry if my point was a bit ambiguous. I only meant that for widespread linux adoption by the general public, it needs to be a single thing. Something those who are unfamiliar with linux can see as "linux". Linux the way linux should be (morally at least), is not something most people want, or can easily understand. Most people want to know what that thing is before they decide they want it. To those who don't use it, it apears as more of a hobby, than something they would use in production.
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     Martin Owens :inkscape: (doctormo@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 13:10:47 JST Martin Owens :inkscape:

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     @eshep

     Why would you even advertise Linux at all?

     Surely the brand you want to build is the one you have control over already.

     Shared resources are an ideal, but cooperation also has it's costs I think. Though I favour it.