Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P

UX = user experience

  • Paradoxvoid
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    201 year ago

    Exactly! This is the playbook for how Linux has gained such a mainstay - while GNU/Linux on the desktop may still be pretty small, the extensibility and open-source nature of the platform has meant it’s been able to take over on all sort of alternative platforms - Android and Steam Deck being the big ones in the consumer space, but also larger distros being used regularly in enterprise/web hosting.

    If everyone had refused to embrace Android or Steam Deck or any of the other distros run and maintained by for-profit corporations due to some preconceived idea of what the ‘correct’ way to use Linux is, it would still be doomed to irrelevance outside of tech circles.

    • @tool@lemmy.world
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      141 year ago

      but also larger distros being used regularly in enterprise/web hosting.

      Red Hat is the 800lb gorilla in the room in that aspect. They put out a rock-solid product and their support is probably the best I’ve ever used regardless of any other factor.

      They also pretty much own the Government/Gov Contractor Linux space because of the support and how simple it is to apply STIGs.