It is a little weird to use the word civilian here
I don’t see Linux catching on with most people.
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MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I work in IT. IMO, the civilian population moving to Linux is inevitable. As Linux finds itself and good ways to do things that don’t require people to know bash, or customize options by manually editing config files, things will push that way.
IMO, it will happen, but not quite yet. We’re seeing the initial push of the privacy conscious and those that want to avoid becoming a product. It’s good, but we’re not there yet. We’re also seeing some pretty major players, most notably valve, pushing for consumer goods that are unashamedly Linux under the hood. This is, slowly but surely, pushing forward compatibility for apps running on Linux.
We probably won’t see any line of business apps adopting a Linux build any time soon, and business in general actually wants the majority of what Microsoft is pushing for… Along with government institutions (for their own needs), and more. I don’t see business moving towards Linux anytime soon… Not beyond it’s current role in server operations.
As stuff like steamOS get better and better, and find ways to solve problems in consumer friendly ways, that knowledge will feed back into existing Linux tools. We’ll get to a point where Linux will be as plug and play as Windows, and that’s when we actually have a good chance of migrating a lot of personal PCs to Linux.
The Battle for the workplace is still a long way out. Well after the Linux home PC is commonplace. People at the office will simply have more experience with Linux, and push for being able to use Linux at work and eventually that’s going to start to happen… Probably not in our lifetimes.
To me, it’s only a matter of time. Unless Linux undergoes a hostile takeover and unforeseen bullshit happens, it will happen.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I get it, but MacOS is UNIX which is arguably just as complex, and that shit is far from niche or obscure.
The main difference is that MacOS is unified in its construction and Linux is fractured by design. If Linux can put everything together in a seamless and unified way, even if it’s not seamless under the hood, then we’ll be a lot closer to big OEMs putting out systems with Linux pre-installed.
If OEM systems with Linux pre-installed start appearing on shelves next to Windows systems and Macs at best buy, then it’s actually possible it would happen. But the Linux community needs to do what they can to build, test, and deliver, some kind of front end that gives the end user that polished experience, that for anything that a user wants to do, there’s a knob to do that with which doesn’t require dropping into a config file or to the command line.
I’m not going to delude myself or anyone else, while a lot of this is easy to say, the challenges are immense, and some organizations have been trying to accomplish this for many many years. Linux has come a lot way, but it’s not quite where it needs to be yet, in order for it to happen.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
It will happen when you see Linux PCs and laptops at Best Buy right beside the windows and macos ones.
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m pretty sure this is a repost of a comment I read in 2004.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Well, I didn’t lift it from anywhere. So, I guess there’s dozens of us?
ripcord@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I was half-joking how similar this is to things people have been saying for decades
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Fair enough. Have a good day friend.