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Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like(www.zdnet.com)

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I’m curious to hear thoughts on this. I agree for the most part, I just wish people would see the benefit of choice and be brave enough to try it out.

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Man this is so wrong, I don’t even know where to start.

If everyone loved windows so much they would install it on the deck

  1. Valve has dedicated millions of dollars to making shit work on Linux so that MS cannot control them.

  2. Specifically on handhelds, Windows is ass. Because it’s not designed for them. That’s why Valve developed a version of Linux specifically intended for this single device.

  3. Windows is still installed on like 95% of gaming PCs because “everyone loves it so much”.

Microsoft pays the PC makers in the states a lot of money to keep Windows Pre-Installed.

What? No. MS charges the PC makers to install Windows, not the other way around… Why would they pay them?

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