Why don't more people use desktop Linux?
The author argues that people don't use Linux because there's not a single flagship distribution that people can just use.
I respectfully disagree. The reason people don't use Linux is because it's not on their computer.
Google has proven with Chromebooks that people don't care what OS they use. As long as they can find the web browser, and maybe a word processor, they're fine.
That's all that 95% of people need.
Most people don't know you can change your operating system. Many don't even know what an operating system is.
You want desktop Linux to happen? Mainstream manufacturers need to preinstall it. That's all.
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@danjones000
You are exactly correct, and I wish you hadn't linked to the article (esp. at the top of your post).
Chromebooks, Android, and Steamdeck (to a lesser extent, maybe) show exactly what you say - if it is pre-installed, people will use it. (To be fair, that pre-installed version would become the "flagship Linux" to most of its users.)
MS Windows has had several issues over the years that would have killed a non-monopoly. But, people shrugged and carried on, because no easy choice.