Ahh the classic “it works on my machine” - yeah, good for you. The year of the linux desktop can all be run on your machine in particular.

mate one issue is the one installed by default on many distros is wrong, the idea that the average person is going to be able to run horrible commands to rip the kernel drivers back out again and force install a version that isn’t the one recommended by the repo (which is what I had to do to get mine working) is simply ridiculous. THAT is not a user’s fault.

Lmao this is absolutely false, and the fact that you think this means you’re either hilariously misinformed, actively sticking your head in the sand, or outright lying.

Lol no, there are far too many problems still with linux. I recently did a dual boot setup to run arch and windows 11 on the same machine, and was saddened to learn that the process would be just as horrible and impenetrable for your average user as it was literally like 15 years ago. It’s just one example, but linux on non linux certified hardware is still far too often running into some kind of issue.

Protest doesn’t change nothing, it maintains and promotes political activism, which fights voter apathy. It’s hard to see the results of it directly so it feels like it doesn’t do anything, but studies show you get better voter turnout after protests.