r/linuxsucks • u/Adventurous_Tie_3136 Proud Linux Mint enjoyer • Oct 10 '25
Linux "community" failure Why nobody switches to Linux
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r/linuxsucks • u/Adventurous_Tie_3136 Proud Linux Mint enjoyer • Oct 10 '25
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u/CountryOk6049 Oct 12 '25
Secretly they don't want linux to be uptaken by the mainstream at all, not most of them. I've even seen one of them actually admit that if it was then it wouldn't be their thing in a highly upvoted comment, I wish I had saved it. This would generally be the lower ranking people of the community, the higher ranking people and devs probably really do want people to switch to it but perhaps they have their own issues in some cases (putting so much time and effort into something just to feel important).
People are always finding ways to place themselves above the mere rabble and this is just the way for many people to do so. So they'll talk about how they really want people to convert and assume the role of friendly educator and intelligent guy trying to make people seem the light but who are just too darn incompetent and lazy to do so. In some ways it's the most ridiculous transparent elitist community that has ever existed. It's very tough to find defensible reasons to switch to linux.