Professional dev. here; I am now using linux 90 % of the time. Mostly Ubuntu on a thinkpad. 
While using Linux as a daily driver is WAY better than what it used to be, i think it still lacks some of the refinement of windows or OSx.<p>Most of the discussion of Desktop Linux get lost into a usability war between unity&#x2F;mate&#x2F;gnome etc..., but i am more concerned about battery life, graphic performance, stability, application packages (like skype,viber etc...), stable wifi etc... which in my view are much more important and have more impact on my day to day. And on those metrics they all suck equally.<p>Moreover, getting the best experience as a Desktop user still requires too much tinkering (ie .why do i have to know about powertop to optimize my battery usage pattern?)<p>I don&#x27;t see this mentioned often, but it seems clear to me that the reason Linux is still lacking (on this front) is simply that nobody is financing it. Most of the corporate backing focuses on the server&#x2F;space and i can&#x27;t think of any distribution which actually makes money from regular users (canonical ?).<p>I don&#x27;t think i am the only person who is looking for a stable&#x2F;better desktop experience and who is willing to pay for it.<p>So that got me curious, how many of us are out there ?<p>PS: i don&#x27;t think that randomly donating to one of the thousand projects i use daily is a particularly effective way to go at it.
Ask HN: Would you pay for a better Linux Desktop experience?