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.
Well, this is certainly interesting. 
https://korg.docs.kernel.org/social.html
The Linux kernel team has set up an Akkoma instance to join the Fediverse. Any kernel maintainers can get an account.
And yes, Linus has an account: @[email protected]