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Why Isn't Emacs More Popular?

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Derek Taylor explores the usability and community challenges that prevent Emacs from gaining wider popularity among modern developers.

The Emacs community has been debating whether it is time to make some changes with the software to make it more appealing to new users. After all, Emacs is such an extremely powerful and unique piece of software, it deserves to have far more users than what it currently has. REFERENCED: ► lwn.net/SubscriberLink/832311/03910e26a3f3e814/ ► lwn.net/Articles/819452/ WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL? 💰 Patreon: patreon.com/distrotube 💳 Paypal: paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=derek%40di… 🛍️ Amazon: amzn.to/2RotFFi 👕 Teespring: teespring.com/stores/distrotube SOCIAL PLATFORMS: 🗨️ Mastodon: mastodon.technology/@distrotube 💬 IRC: irc://freenode #distrotube 👫 Reddit: reddit.com/r/DistroTube/ 📽️ LBRY: lbry.tv/$/invite/@DistroTube:2 DT ON THE WEB: 🕸️ Website: distrotube.com/ 🐿️ Gopherhole: gopher://distro.tube 📁 GitLab: gitlab.com/dwt1 🔊 Audio Podcasts: buzzsprout.com/1263722 FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE THAT I USE: 🌐 Brave Browser - brave.com/dis872 📽️ Open Broadcaster Software: obsproject.com/ 🎬 Kdenlive: kdenlive.org 🎨 GIMP: gimp.org/ 🎵 Audacity: audacityteam.org/ 💻 VirtualBox: virtualbox.org/ 🗒️ Doom Emacs: github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs Your support is very much appreciated. Thanks, guys!

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What people say. Shared in discussions about how to make Emacs more appealing to new users.

u/steinpowaaain r/emacs • Recommends

Saw this video, since recent posts about making Emacs popular