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Your anecdote is as good as mine. I've had a viable Linux desktop for 15 years. I don't have driver problems, my machine has been settled and stable and worki

Your anecdote is as good as mine. I've had a viable Linux desktop for 15 years. I don't have driver problems, my machine has been settled and stable and working productively with very, very little effort on my part. I use it every day without even thinking about any issue whatsoever - and I have plenty of interesting hardware attached - two USB hubs, Firewire busses, multiple monitors with 3D acceleration, nvidia cards, and so on.. I've also had a viable Linux DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) for about 12 of those years (another machine). It kicks as much as as any OSX DAW ever did, and I have sources for everything, which OSX doesn't. So its nice if I want to tweak an audio plugin between sessions. I also have multiple Linux servers, countless VM's stored in various places for various things (compiler farms). I have absolutely no problems with UX, drivers, audio, file system, or grub in any of this. You must have some bad mojo. >And no, Chromebooks are not a desktop, they're "browser appliances". Chromebooks are eating the desktop metaphor for lunch. Cloud, as well. Complaining about the Desktop was a good pitch in the 90's, but if you think it matters - at all - now, then you're really not being rational.

throwawaykf03 13y ago
> Your anecdote is as good as mine. Agreed, but as long as anecdotes like mine abound (see also: other comments in this thread, or on any Linux thread anywhere in general), I think Linux on the PC will go nowhere. As others have mentioned, this is often the fault of vendors and drivers that Linux can do little about, but that's not going to excuse it for most users. > Chromebooks are eating the desktop metaphor for lunch. I think it's too early to call that right now, especially based on some really questionable statistics. There is some potential for Chromebooks, but in the long run tablets will probably prevail in that space.
- fit2rule 13y ago
  I'm seeing far more success stories for Linux adoption than failures. If, as you say, anecdotes like yours abound, then there would hardly be any Linux use at all. However, fortunately, your situation is not as common as you think - and in fact the successes are far, far more common. Or else we wouldn't have the subject to discuss: it would have festered, already. But, it didn't fester, because the fact is: Linux works great on the Desktop. Really, really great. And it offers far more powerful features than the competition. So that is why its thriving. The days of 'drivers being better on Windows' are over, by the way.

throwawaykf03 13y ago

> Your anecdote is as good as mine. Agreed, but as long as anecdotes like mine abound (see also: other comments in this thread, or on any Linux thread anywhere in general), I think Linux on the PC will go nowhere. As others have mentioned, this is often the fault of vendors and drivers that Linux can do little about, but that's not going to excuse it for most users. > Chromebooks are eating the desktop metaphor for lunch. I think it's too early to call that right now, especially based on some really questionable statistics. There is some potential for Chromebooks, but in the long run tablets will probably prevail in that space.

fit2rule 13y ago
I'm seeing far more success stories for Linux adoption than failures. If, as you say, anecdotes like yours abound, then there would hardly be any Linux use at all. However, fortunately, your situation is not as common as you think - and in fact the successes are far, far more common. Or else we wouldn't have the subject to discuss: it would have festered, already. But, it didn't fester, because the fact is: Linux works great on the Desktop. Really, really great. And it offers far more powerful features than the competition. So that is why its thriving. The days of 'drivers being better on Windows' are over, by the way.