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Credit to the guy, when he trolls he doesn't do it half-arsed. A whole article of linux FUD and crud. Desktop linux will probably never match Windows' or Mac's
by shib71 16y ago
Credit to the guy, when he trolls he doesn't do it half-arsed. A whole article of linux FUD and crud.
Desktop linux will probably never match Windows' or Mac's market share, but it is not dead.
- beej71 16y agoIndeed. I myself have been enjoying Linux on the Desktop for the last 15 years, and continue to do so.
- gaius 16y agoFrom the article: modern Linux distributions such as Ubuntu have utterly transformed the open-source desktop user experience into something sleek and simple, while arguably surpassing Windows and Mac OS in both security and stability Hardly sounds like he's anti-Linux. Truth is it's been "the year of the Linux desktop" every year. Maybe it's time to move on.
- melling 16y ago2010 is the Year of the Linux phone. Linux conquered supercomputers and servers years ago. Its reach greatly expanded this year. Chrome is on the way. Shortly more people will definitely use Linux on the "desktop". Probably the wrong time to call Linux dead anywhere. Apple survived with 2% market share. Chrome or Android will get Linux there.
- makmanalp 16y agoThis is because someone else comes up and proclaims that it's the year of the linux desktop every year. This should be taken about as seriously as "x is dead" posts until it's the consensus of the majority of the industry.
- portman 16y ago"The dream of Linux as a major desktop OS is now pretty much dead." - first line of the article He never claimed that desktop Linux itself was dead, just that it would never achieve equivalent market share to Mac/Windows. You guys are saying the same thing; it's a shame to see the name-calling.