Once upon a time, in a world ruled by shiny logos and ominous startup jingles, there was a mystical creature called Linux. It was fast, free, powerful—and yet, almost no one used it.
Let’s dig into this ancient paradox while sipping black coffee next to a command-line terminal.
1. 🧙♂️ Too Much Freedom Scares People
Windows: “Click here.”
Linux: “Do whatever you want… if you dare.”
Linux is like being dropped into IKEA with no map, no labels, and 14 different screwdrivers named sudo, pacman, or dnf. People panic. They scream. They beg for a “Next” button.
2. 🎮 Games? What Games?
Gamers boot into Linux and whisper:
“Where is Steam? Where is Valorant? Where is my RGB lighting?”
And Linux replies with a terminal window and an apology from 2006.
Though things are getting better, many AAA games still treat Linux like a distant cousin they forget to invite to parties.
3. 🧾 Free As In Freedom, Not Free As In Easy
Linux is free, yes.
But it’s “free as in building your own sandwich from wheat you harvested yourself.”
Windows gives you a full-course meal (with ads).
Linux hands you raw ingredients and says, “Bon appétit, hacker.”
4. 🤝 No One to Blame But Yourself
Windows crash?
→ Blame Microsoft.
Linux crash?
→ Blame yourself. Your cat. That one rogue script you copy-pasted from a forum in 2014.
The learning curve is steep. Like, Everest steep. With penguins throwing snowballs at you on the way up.
5. 📦 App Installation Feels Like Summoning a Demon
Want to install Photoshop on Windows? Easy.
On Linux? You either:
- A) Use an open-source clone called Gimp and cry. 😭
- B) Attempt to run it through Wine, summon 34 dependencies, and accidentally install a calculator from 1997. 🙄
6. 🧑🔧 Nerds Don’t Advertise
Microsoft has marketing teams, ads with celebrities, and budget explosions worthy of Hollywood.
Linux has…
A dude in a forum with an anime avatar explaining the difference between
aptandapt-get.
He is wise. He is powerful. But he is not marketable.
7. 📞 Grandma Can’t Use It (And Neither Can Your Uncle)
You want to install Linux for your family?
Prepare for:
“Where’s my Excel?”
“Why is everything black with green letters?”
“Can I still use Facebook?”
Eventually, they’ll call you to reinstall Windows. Or disown you.
🎯 So… Who Uses Linux?
- Coders who wear hoodies in the summer ☕
- Sysadmins who haven’t blinked since 2013
- Privacy lovers who believe Google is watching their fridge
- And that one guy who shows up to meetings with Arch Linux on a USB stick and says, “Actually, I compiled my own kernel.”
🐧 Final Thoughts
Linux isn’t losing.
It’s just playing a different game.
It’s not here to dominate. It’s here to exist, like an old wizard in the forest—offering power to those brave enough to learn its ancient ways.
So next time someone asks,
“Why don’t people use Linux?”
Just whisper:
“Because not everyone is ready for freedom.”
👁️🐧