[TomGuy]

You have to try a few and decide for yourself which one suits you the best.

That is why Linux will likely never be much more than a geek plaything. Most average users don't want to spend time doing trial and error for dozens of distros/desktops.

A few years ago I saw a listing of around 100 distros.

I do have a Linux Mint laptop that I use occasionally, but I still revert to Win7 to do real applications work. I did spend hours going through old Linux books. Mostly, it reminded me of the early days of MS-DOS, as too much still has to take place via terminal.

Even at the rate MS is trying to kill Windows, Linux will have a tough time trying to gain a viable foothold in the world of the average user.

[SpaceBar]

Linux will have a tough time trying to gain a viable foothold in the world of the average user.

As of mid 2017 Android is the most used OS in the world, and is a fork of Linux (not arguably), albeit heavily sandboxed and reworked specifically for mobile devices. Also, I gave up trying to change anyone's mind on Linux a long time ago. Use what you like.

[bobcat62]

The 100 distributions pose another problem: Commercial software vendors are not going to support 100 distributions for their product.

As I’ve said elsewhere on this forum: Desktop Linux is a failure.