I feel like the exact opposite of what you're saying is true. Education and enterprise stick to Ubuntu, which is practically the Windows of Linux distributions. Hugely popular and mainstream.
Re:Framework Laptop with Ubuntu Review
by hansel_der on Sunday January 09, 2022 @05:25AM
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fair enough, maybe this has reversed recently.
public opinion here also seems to suggest that my experience is less trustworthy than your feeling and tbh i mostly don't care wich flavor of unix is running my wm and browser.
but ime it is unpopular for personal use esp. in the enthusiast/dev/ops/hacker demographic that i consider to be a sizeable portion of the framework target market.