Linux can be used on the desktop, but its almost impossible to release commersial applications for it, since there is no stable ABI. The Kernel maintains a stab

Linux can be used on the desktop, but its almost impossible to release commersial applications for it, since there is no stable ABI. The Kernel maintains a stable ABI, but until the ditributions take this seriously Linux will remain behind Windows on the Desktop. There is nothing inherently wrong with Linux that prevents this, its just that the people who maintain distributions, seems to think that software that isnt open source doesnt bring value to Linux, so the answer to this major problem keeps beeing "just recompile!". The problem isnt that Linux cant be on the desktop, its that the Linux comunity keeps sabotaging it by breaking the ABIs.