It is better for the world to sever all ties with the US.
Sad to say.

Is worse than a tariff. Thanks Trump.

Choose while you still can.

Windows and the Apple OSs beat out Linux in the user domain for a reason - that's what users want. These platforms host the applications that make users productive, and Linux does not. If Linux did, it would have done in MS and Apple long ago.

Trying to top-down force tech on users for transcendent, ideological purposes is not going to beat out user preference and productivity.

In the dark room server domain Linux is very competitive; that, and hard core development, is its niche.

not personal ones. What am I missing?

There is a small handful of user-friendly Linux distributions so I can see this taking off, finally.

There have been MS Office-type suites like OpenOffice, LibreOffice, and apparently now Euro-Office. (Edit: looks like Euro-Office might be a Google docs replacement.)

.... IMHO, OpenOffice, etc. will not replace MS in a professional environment. And at home I use OpenOffice on Windows. I never heard of Euro-Office, I'll check it out.

For software development at home I use the Windows Linux subsystem. A lot of the developers at work use Mac OS, which is UNIX like, and thus LINUX like. And, of course, Linux.

I remember a time when Windows was brand new and not the only game in town. In fact, it wasn't as good as some competitors. OS/2 and Deskmate come to mind. But through a whole lot of luck and market manipulation, Microsoft became dominant. Perhaps it's time Linux became as robust as Windows, and then we won't be beholding to one of Epstein's best clients. France may simply be an early mover.

For example, one of the productivity software that is most popular is "MS-Windows Office", but the competition is provided by Google, online, and does not have to be installed on your computer, I admit Google's software lacks a few features office has, but one can easily use it for their business and learn to live with those non-existing features.

Linux has also other benefits, it is less hackable and, as Linux becomes even more widely used, a lot of applications will migrate to that platform.

9 months ago:
Linux breaks through 5% share in USA desktop OS market (Statcounter)

Yes, Windows has the upper hand in many categories, one being the availability of productivity software, which raises the question on why Linux has not taken a better approach to providing software to make it more competitive and gain more market. But, Linux does offer other benefits, one of them being security. If more countries decide to take the route France is taking, that should help the software industry start porting their productivity software to Linux.

My company developed a custom productivity software for one of our clients on the Linux system, we developed it in java, running of a web server at the client's shop and allowing other of his shops to connect and use it remotely. If you are on one of the computers running our software, you would never know its Linux, so it is possible.

Lets see what happens.

Microsoft is all about subscription services these days.

Android on phones and Chrome OS are based on Linux. Ubuntu is a popular choice for beginners and has a large user community for support.

Linux is also a great choice for people using older hardware and don't want to upgrade.

Multiple free Office products
Zillions of free software packages
Current software works on older computers. No more Win11 not working on all your Win10 machines.
Better security.
Update/install patches when YOU want.
Junkware gone.
Easy to remove system components you don't need.
Open Source so you can see what you get.
Better access to code writers.
Easier to get changes to programs
Faster
Highly customizable
Pick from more user friendly to more do-it-yourself versions or combinations.
Versions co-exist, use same software, run same programs.
Lots of free support and knowledgeable people that know and can help with the basics, the internals, the corner cases, etc and all posting on the web.
Lots of forums from system forums to application forums to basic internal/external programs where question can be posted or just search with search engine.
No forcing single browser on the system.

TY