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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The most successful Linux distros are ones that normal people are not aware they use at all. Most people dont install operating systems, they just use whatever comes with the device. To them its an appliance.

Android is a flavor of Linux and is widely successful. Ive seen libraries use Linux and a browser and the machines worked for decades. And there are quite a few Amazon tablets, ebook readers, etc... all using linux.

Theres a never ending number of examples out there.

[–] tauonite@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Are you suggesting we should break into people's homes and discreetly install Linux on their computers? Because I'm in

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

This is epic 🤣

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

🤣 Thats pretty funny.

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I’ll leave my door open today. Please make it work and let me play games on steam without having to learn.

Seriously, I’m almost ready to try.

[–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Looks like I finally found a purpose to live