Global desktop PC shipments in 2015: ~136mm (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.statista.com&#x2F;topics&#x2F;1070&#x2F;pcs&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.statista.com&#x2F;topics&#x2F;1070&#x2F;pcs&#x2F;</a>)<p>Linux desktop penetration: ~1.33% (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.netmarketshare.com&#x2F;operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=9&amp;qpcustom=Mac,Windows,Linux&amp;sample=36&amp;qpsp=2015&amp;qpnp=6&amp;qptimeframe=Y" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.netmarketshare.com&#x2F;operating-system-market-share....</a>)<p>1.3% * 136mm = 1.77mm<p>Let&#x27;s ignore Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and so on, each of whom are by themselves rumored or reported to have over a million computers in their DCs.  Let&#x27;s further ignore the long tail of the second tier of providers, who are thousands in number and have merely hundreds of thousands of computers each in their DCs.  Let&#x27;s go on to ignore all of the self serve corporations in the hundreds of thousands of data centers across the world, running Linux or a derivative on thousands to hundreds of computers each.<p>Let&#x27;s also ignore all the routers, switches, file servers, and miscellaneous other networking equipment running Linux or a derivative.<p>Let&#x27;s further ignore all of the televisions, media players, microwaves, appliances, and other consumer goods running Linux or a derivative.<p>Let&#x27;s look only at Android phones, which run an embedded derivative of Linux.  The phone market shipped 341.5 million year over year in 2015 Q2 (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.idc.com&#x2F;prodserv&#x2F;smartphone-os-market-share.jsp" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.idc.com&#x2F;prodserv&#x2F;smartphone-os-market-share.jsp</a>).  Android had an 82.8% marketshare, so that&#x27;s 282.77mm.<p>The number of linux computers that have the ability to boot &quot;a live cd&quot; is 6 thousandths (.6%) of one segment of one part of the linux embedded and server market.<p>Linux on the desktop has not only been dead for the last 18 years, it&#x27;s barely a rounding error on a single segment of a single part of the embedded and server market.<p>By the way, &quot;the complexity of the default&quot; has been fine for over 30 years, and it&#x27;s still fine.  Just because you don&#x27;t understand it, doesn&#x27;t mean it&#x27;s not the right answer.