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And to be fair, I would say the success for Linux in this case is increasingly approximating what we have come to understand as an optimal desktop experience without screwing anything up rather than outcompeting by necessarily achieving a noticeably higher standard.

I personally would say Linux does desktops objectively better both in the higher standard but also in the not screwing up sense but I am willing to accept that it might be a little bit opinionated about that and for some people it amounts to too much customization.