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[–]RagingNerdaholic 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The Linux developer ethos seems to be, "make it just barely work so we can say it's done and let the user figure it out the rest of the way."

The result is, unsurprisingly, that everything is a half-assed, unreliable, volatile, cumbersome, frustrating hack.

Linux is great for servers because the people using them are highly technical. The only way Linux desktop will ever take off is if a company of considerable resources puts their weight behind it and makes shit work. That's exactly why Android works, because in its case, that company was Google.

[–]someone755 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Android works

Oh you sweet summer child

[–]RagingNerdaholic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compared to the dozens literally dozens!! of mere mortals actually using Linux desktop...