No more excuses, it's time for Linux to treat non-technical users first and mature into a proper desktop operating system. It's been over 30 years guys. Linux is still fragmented with too many distros, too many desktop environments, too many package managers and not enough consistency and drivers. The community is still shitty and with the same shitty attitude of "RTFM" as it was years ago. They say that's not the case, but for regular users they still act like these non-technical types just aren't trying to learn the technology. These users just need help but are given unhelpful responses. That's a failure in my book. The "alternative to" apps are not polished or featured enough for doing work. Hell, The GIMP is still a far cry from Photoshop of 20 years ago. It's full of shitty "filters" to do geeky art things that don't help real world users in a commercial or professional setting. Fashwave art isn't helpful to a graphics designer making a product packaging design. This makes The GIMP seem like the childish toy it is and that makes Linux look bad in turn. Like it or not, Linux and it's applications were designed by committee and that committee is people who care about flashy desktop environments, gaming and writing scripts to do inane things. This is why it's still not "the year of the Linux desktop". Microsoft sucks. Apple sucks. Google sucks. And so does the future of Linux because it keeps copying the others but doing it in a less effective and useful way. "Free" isn't enough of an incentive to convert most users. No one but techies want to be switching distros every month because some needed minor feature was added to one that you're not currently running. The fragmentation of Linux is its Achilles heal. Sorry, truth hurts. Grow the fuck up, Linux. You've had more than enough time to get your shit together.