Everything in life is about trade-offs. Certain trade-offs people aren't going to make.
- If you want to run an alternative operating system, you got to learn how it works. That is a trade off not even many tech savvy people want to make.
- There is a trade-off with a desktop OS. I actually like the fact that it isn't super sand-boxed and locked down. I am willing to trade security & safety for control.
> Personally I think we need to start making computers that provide the best of both worlds. I want much more control over what code can do on my computer. I also want programs to be able to run in a safe, sandboxed way. But I should be the one in charge of that sandbox. Not Google. Definitely not Apple. But there's currently no desktop environment that provides that ability.
The market and demand for that is low.
BTW. This does exist with Qubes OS already. However there are a bunch of trade-offs that most people are unlikely to want to make.
- If you want to run an alternative operating system, you got to learn how it works. That is a trade off not even many tech savvy people want to make.
- There is a trade-off with a desktop OS. I actually like the fact that it isn't super sand-boxed and locked down. I am willing to trade security & safety for control.
> Personally I think we need to start making computers that provide the best of both worlds. I want much more control over what code can do on my computer. I also want programs to be able to run in a safe, sandboxed way. But I should be the one in charge of that sandbox. Not Google. Definitely not Apple. But there's currently no desktop environment that provides that ability.
The market and demand for that is low.
BTW. This does exist with Qubes OS already. However there are a bunch of trade-offs that most people are unlikely to want to make.
https://www.qubes-os.org/