In my opinion, there are two relatively recent events that help move more people towards using Linux as their daily driver. The first, as mentioned in this article, is the shift to online productivity suites - Microsoft 365/Google Workspace/iCloud. For the most part, you can access those platforms from any end device and be productive. The other is Steam and Proton. Proton has allowed me to play just about any game I want from Linux, with little to no performance hit.
We're getting closer to the Year of Linux on the Desktop, starting to increase the slope of that asymptotic curve!
We're getting closer to the Year of Linux on the Desktop, starting to increase the slope of that asymptotic curve!