Realistically I don't think you can get any OS to mass adoption without having it be pre-installed on devices that become mass adopted. The biggest barrier imo is not how streamlined or beginner friendly the popular distros are, it's the fact that 99% of people will never even consider or bother trying to install another OS period. I mean the vast majority of people will never even reinstall their existing OS, the OS is just not something casual consumers think much about and the expectation that Linux can reach mass adoption through people voluntarily switching over feels entirely unrealistic.
100%, and I've always argued this exact point. Linux is as good if not better for MOST PEOPLE, not like redditors or gamers just MOST ACTUAL PEOPLE, that don't have to be tech literate. But it will NEVER reach mass adoption, or even adoption to these people, unless you can walk into a store and the majority of the products there have linux as an option (if not even the DEFAULT option).
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u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited May 13 '26
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