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> 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
by 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 agoI'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.