The main reason why Linux is not popular on the desktop is that it doesn’t have “the one” OS for the desktop as does Microsoft with its Windows and Apple with its mac, and os. If Linux had only one operating system, then the scenario would be totally different today. Linux world has a plethora of OSs to choose from.
Linux isn’t terrible. Most AAA gaming companies support for it is. The fact that the state is so bad as you say, isn’t because the coders using Linux are, as you imply, sloths. It’s entirely out of their hands. The only way it can ever improve is if people use it and buy the games they can play on Linux and play them on Linux.
The community behaves more like a cult and seems completely disconnected from the reality of making something productive. Linux is free and is actually not even worth what you pay for it.
Linux world is fragmented. The main reason why Linux is not popular on the desktop is that it doesn’t have “the one” OS for the desktop as does Microsoft with its Windows and Apple with its mac, and os. If Linux had only one operating system, then the scenario would be totally different today.
Why linux use firefox?
Most Linux distros ship with Firefox because it is open-source software, just like Linux itself. While Google Chrome and its FOSS cousin Chromium run perfectly well on Linux, they are perceived as “corporate” software and many advocates of free software consider them to be unacceptable. Is Firefox faster on Linux?
Why do people prefer Firefox over chrome?
Someone like me who has to work in different systems will find Firefox to be more useful. Firefox is available for Windows, all Linux versions (default) android etc. Any person working a lot with linux will prefer Firefox because a decent google chrome is not there for many distributions.
In case you have never used Firefox or have moved away for a long time, a comparison between Brave and Firefox highlights that it is still a solid web browser choice to date. So, why are users moving away to Chromium-based web browsers or Chrome in particular?
How bad is the performance of Linux de?
Performance is pathetic, much much worse than Windows 10 or mac DE. This is also the main default desktop of linux world, which actually says a lot about linux. It’s absolutely unthinkable for us to even use a DE which suffers from extreme memory leak, and developers doesn’t even shows any intention of fixing it.
Is Firefox losing its grip on the web browser market?
However, even with all benefits as one of the best web browsers around, it is losing its grip for the past few years. To be honest, we do not even need a stat to say that, many of us have switched over to Chromium-based browsers or Chromium itself instead of Firefox or Google Chrome.
Is Mozilla’s Firefox losing users?
Is this something to be worried about? Mozilla’s Firefox is the only popular alternative to Chromium-based browsers. It has been the default choice for Linux users and privacy-conscious users across every platform.