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by shrimp_emoji 1183 days ago
>its desire to neckbeardify its users is its undoing.

Uh, no, because Linux isn't currently, nor was it ever in the past, successful or appealing because of how much it caters to normal users.

It's been successful and appealing based on how much it caters to techies (my earlier post).

That Steam decided to support gaming on Linux is why its market share among Steam users has fluctuated around 1% and why Linus Tech Tips did an exploration video about it, but if you're already measuring Linux's success based on how many "non-neckbeards" use it, it's already undone, and it was always undone (and, if anything, arguably getting slightly less undone, as its ease of use for and popularity among normal people has grown significantly over the last 10 years). :p