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> So before consumers know it, they will pause their Linux based television to receive a call on a Linux based phone, while they use their Linux based tablet to

by jolan 16y ago

> So before consumers know it, they will pause their Linux based television to receive a call on a Linux based phone, while they use their Linux based tablet to browse the net through their Linux based router. This is already happening today. Linux doesn't have much traction on the desktop because the most important things to users are the most broken: - graphics drivers - wireless drivers - flash performance/silverlight support Whole article is uh; not good.

sp332 16y ago
All the things that are consistently broken on Linux are third-party problems (usually drivers). When a company makes a first-party Linux product (TV, phone, tablet, router), things work much better.
- Aaronontheweb 16y ago
  The fact that most companies don't give a damn about making products for Linux is Linux's fault though.
ZeroGravitas 16y ago
The first two aren't "desktop" problems, they are "putting a 3rd party OS onto hardware intended for another OS" problems. (Think about putting Android onto an iPhone, or ddwrt onto an Airport for comparison). And even then I think they're all mostly issues from the wanting to be 100% open source to get the full benefits angle, rather than the "it's just not working/non-existant" kind of problems that they might have been just a few short years ago.
loup-vaillant 16y ago
> - flash performance/silverlight support Wait a minute: this useless, proprietary, redundant piece of DRM-Patent-ridden crap is actually catching on? Why? Are some of my qualifiers wrong, or Microsoft's sales power is that strong?
- jolan 16y ago
  Silverlight is big in the US because Netflix uses it for video streaming.
- Locke1689 16y ago
  Silverlight is proprietary and does have support for DRM, I'll give you that. However, it is technically quite impressive.
  - loup-vaillant 16y ago
    OK, thanks. Do you have a pointer to its specific advantages? I'd like to know a bit more about that.

by jolan 16y ago

sp332 16y ago

All the things that are consistently broken on Linux are third-party problems (usually drivers). When a company makes a first-party Linux product (TV, phone, tablet, router), things work much better.

Aaronontheweb 16y ago
The fact that most companies don't give a damn about making products for Linux is Linux's fault though.

ZeroGravitas 16y ago

The first two aren't "desktop" problems, they are "putting a 3rd party OS onto hardware intended for another OS" problems. (Think about putting Android onto an iPhone, or ddwrt onto an Airport for comparison). And even then I think they're all mostly issues from the wanting to be 100% open source to get the full benefits angle, rather than the "it's just not working/non-existant" kind of problems that they might have been just a few short years ago.

loup-vaillant 16y ago

> - flash performance/silverlight support Wait a minute: this useless, proprietary, redundant piece of DRM-Patent-ridden crap is actually catching on? Why? Are some of my qualifiers wrong, or Microsoft's sales power is that strong?

jolan 16y ago
Silverlight is big in the US because Netflix uses it for video streaming.
Locke1689 16y ago
Silverlight is proprietary and does have support for DRM, I'll give you that. However, it is technically quite impressive.
- loup-vaillant 16y ago
  OK, thanks. Do you have a pointer to its specific advantages? I'd like to know a bit more about that.