It really isn't though. I'm honestly getting very exhausted reading these HN comments suggesting that the situation with using Linux on the desktop is okay. I feel like I have been reading those comments for like 10 years (and on Slashdot for another 10 years before that) and nothing has changed and still nobody actually wants to use Linux on the desktop besides programmers and geeks. It's messed up enough if you use one of the popular desktops, never mind if you use an obscure desktop from the 90s like CDE.
