Is desktop Linux too fragmented to succeed?
If one desktop Linux distribution were to gain a significant lead over all the others, it could boost mainstream Linux adoption significantly. But so far, the ideal Linux desktop remains a moving target.
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I would like to take exception with your view point. The variety offered by the different Linux distros is one of the main reasons to make the move to Linux. I used MS products from 1991 to 2007, then made the switch and couldn't be happier.I view the selection in Linux distros like the famous 1984 Mac commercial. One only has to decide to leave the bland world of the corporate desktop and all the baggage it that comes with.
It is not fragmentation, it is choice.
Two words: Google Android
Two words: Google AndroidThat depends...
... on what your criteria for success are, doesn't it?I run Linux.
My mum runs Linux.
My dad runs Linux.
A friend of mine has just installed Ubuntu on his own and acts like a child in a toy store about it (ie. very excited).
Two other people I know have asked me where they could find out more on 'this Ubuntu thing'.
Everyday people go out of their way to learn about Linux, to install Linux on their desktops - even though they may have to leave much of their Windows-specific thinking behind and perhaps start from scratch. These people make a concerted effort to get Linux, to use it, and some subsequently advocate it to their friends. It's a sort of slow paced, quiet revolution. That to me is proof that desktop Linux is succeeding every day.
I switched to Linux
I switched to Ubuntu three years ago and it took me more than three months to get it tweaked it the way I wanted it. I just did a clean install Ubuntu 9.04 on a new computer and it required no tweaking. It is blazing fast and solid as a rock. My 82 year old mother keeps complaing about how slow Windoze is so I built this new computer for her.Valid Points
Once again the fanboys of Linux attack someone just because the veiw point doesn't match their own. Simply put the view point of the author is vary valid and has been pointed out on numerous occassions by more people that are actually in the IT/IS field. At this time due to the lack of support from hardware companies like Broadcom which has a major share of the integrated Network Interface Cards both ethernet and wireless, I would not attempt a deployment of any Linux Distro in my shop. Secondly most enterprise software is written for Windows, and since the higher ups are the ones that make the decission on what is deployed myself and any other IT professional is at their mercy. Finally as long as their is such fragmentation in the Linux community, there will never be any sort of main stream adoption of the Operating System. This is unfortunate since the leaders in the Linux community have manage over the years to come up with some nice solutions for handling different task.Quit attacking people for not sharing your opinion and or view it actually makes you look very un-informed.