Why is there so much software available for linux when so few people use it?

[charlie.corder]

How it happened.

Unix vs Linux: The history of how Unix started and influenced Linux

Today, we think of Unix as Linux, and many people view the original Unix through a Linux lens. But Unix has a long history, and what Unix looks like has chan...

www.redhat.com

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-strange-birth-and-long-life-of-unix

Kenneth Thompson & Dennis Ritchie Develop UNIX, Making Open Systems Possible : History of Information

Kenneth Thompson & Dennis Ritchie Develop UNIX, Making Open Systems Possible

www.historyofinformation.com

@ The Duck
Thanks for putting those links up. All three are excellent and worth the time to read.
Old Geez
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[The Duck]

@charlie.corder You are welcome and Thank You.

 

[Crippled2013]

That's because their is actually not enough Linux software. I can't update my Uniden Radar Detector or the head unit in my Subaru because there is no Linux software that can do that since there is only Windows and Apple software available for those tasks. Wine and all it's derivatives don't work in these cases which is why I have to use Windows for those tasks which I have on a separate Laptop computer. Because of issues like this not many people are willing to go through using two different operating systems which is why the use of Linux is not more prevalent.