People keep bringing up the very tired “Linux on the desktop” meme to dismiss the Fediverse.
But a meme is just a meme.
In the real world, Linux dominates.
Your phone? Probably Linux. Your car’s infotainment system? Linux. Your router? Linux.
Chromebook? Linux.
Windows has a Linux Subsystem too.
Linux has won.
The “Linux on the desktop” naysayers don’t even realize it.
The Fediverse should be so lucky.
@atomicpoet Linux has won everywhere except the day-to-day traditional desktop computing experience.
But I like your framing of this concept because it calls into question why that's a brass ring that people even want to grab. Maybe Apple and Microsoft have that well in hand and Linux should be something for people who aren't looking for a sanitized experience.
(... Still, it would be nice if I could get XMonad running on a new install without having to go back in time and reread my own blog posts ;) )
