One was about the fight to let people take back ownership and control over computing. The other is the polar opposite.
somehow, this year is the year of the linux desktop for a lot of windows people in my vicinity, without me doing anything for it. I don't really advertise any OS preference, and use the big three equally. And yet everyone is so fed up by windows they are listening to the Linux stories you can find online now.
I am a Linux user myself but I don't think Linux will be a mainstream os anytime soon even though I hear that a lot.