Comment by crdoconnor

There have been a multitude of high quality desktops for at least 10 years.

The main reason people don't switch is just lack of familiarity, driver issues and unsupported software - all driven by network effects.

There's very little about the OS itself which is preventing adoption. It's entirely about the ecosystem.

That pretty much requires a fuck up on the part of Windows or Mac to drive people to use Linux.