Quote from: TruthIsThere on December 05, 2025, 18:28:15the sheer number of Linux distributions; such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Linux Mint, ect; creates great confusion
Many / most of these linux distros you listed don't exactly have a benevolent dictator but several or dozens of maintainers. I think that might be part of the greater problem, moreso than Linux itself.
When you've people constantly leaving and going within a project, since it's all free and volunteer work it's harder to have consistency and keep to a certain vision unless you've like the project founder stay all the way.
IMO, it's not so much the type of OS, but the open source approach doesn't necessarily work too well with respect to OS's. For this reason I prefer closed source operating systems. When it comes to apps though, open source all the way!