Blindness To Perceptions Of Average User Is Real Linux Handicap

“The thing the fanboys miss is, it’s not about which OS is best.
It’s about what the average consumer feels comfortable with. Yes,
even today most users don’t understand that the typical Linux
distro, fitted with a GNOME or KDE desktop, will seem very familiar
to them. Why should this be, other than because there are some
folks who expend their energy less on informing the general public
of this fact and more writing about how the name of a certain OS is
to be rendered. (Is it Linux? GNU? Ah, the correct name is
“GNU/Linux systems.” Thank you, Mr. Stallman. This time I know our
side will win.)”

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