Anonymous
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6/26/2025, 12:01:09 AM
No.508729880
6/26/2025, 12:01:09 AM
No.508729880
>>508728884
Unless OEMs like Dell/HP start loading Linux on their prebuilt systems, 99% of people are not going to use it. The only reason why they were willing to do it for Chrome OS is because the computers they put it on were so cheap they could just be written off if they didn't sell. Oh, and also because Chrome was so familiar to the average normie that Chrome OS didn't generate tons of support calls for OEMs. Linux would be an absolute nightmare disaster for OEMs to support and the computers they sold it on would have a 99% return rate. Steam OS works because it's a purpose built device. No one is trying to rely on it as an actual computer. Imagine the panic and frustration of your average normie booting up a Linux computer and not being able to run Zoom or Teams or set up their printer. That computer would be going back to the store so fast that Dell and HP wouldn't even be able to sell through the first production run. This is why the "year of the Linux desktop" has never happened and why it never will happen. Even with the "support" from OEMs (shit skins making $0.14/hour over in India providing such "support") it's still a non-starter for your average computer user.
Unless OEMs like Dell/HP start loading Linux on their prebuilt systems, 99% of people are not going to use it. The only reason why they were willing to do it for Chrome OS is because the computers they put it on were so cheap they could just be written off if they didn't sell. Oh, and also because Chrome was so familiar to the average normie that Chrome OS didn't generate tons of support calls for OEMs. Linux would be an absolute nightmare disaster for OEMs to support and the computers they sold it on would have a 99% return rate. Steam OS works because it's a purpose built device. No one is trying to rely on it as an actual computer. Imagine the panic and frustration of your average normie booting up a Linux computer and not being able to run Zoom or Teams or set up their printer. That computer would be going back to the store so fast that Dell and HP wouldn't even be able to sell through the first production run. This is why the "year of the Linux desktop" has never happened and why it never will happen. Even with the "support" from OEMs (shit skins making $0.14/hour over in India providing such "support") it's still a non-starter for your average computer user.