Comments on: Why Linux Desktop Does Not Spread – the Curse of Being Free

By: hushang

hushang — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:48:29 +0000

that is ‘cs linus does not want it to be so. he writes software for his own fun. he do not care if nobody use it (at least he started so).

By: ezeze5000

ezeze5000 — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:38:28 +0000

It took me 2 years to talk my dad into letting me build him a PC. I loaded Ubuntu Linux on it and he just loves it. He has never used the command line or vi. He watches videos, does research for his hobby, and checks and sends e-mail everyday.
He says that he likes not having to worry about virus like A lot of his friends is A plus in his book.
I hope this will help some people in deciding if they want to try Linux as A desktop option.

By: hakinchen

hakinchen — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:52:04 +0000

I see it different.

The most poeple don’t use Linux because, Windows is all ready installed on the most buying Systems.
It is easy to crack Software and things like this.
When i need Software for a Windows PC i go to my neighbor or my neighbor of the other side of the road.
The most people use Windows will it is easy to become cracked Software.
And they are thinking: “Windows running out of the Box” ;-) LOL

That’s the important think for me.

By: Ronald Wielink

Ronald Wielink — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:20:19 +0000

I think there is a very simple reason average pc users don’t switch to gnu/linux: no need. for 95% they buy pcs with windows pre-installed and are satisfied with it for what they do. Buying a pc with no pre-installed wundows is nontrivial and does not yield any substantial financial benefits.. no incentive to do that.

By: Sweta

Sweta — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:31:41 +0000

Mac OS X is simply *the best* operating system available. Tell me why Linux users, IT pepople geeks etc all; only prefers to use MacBook – I’ve seen more MacBooks at conferences ever… Linux is good for server, period.

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:25:36 +0000

Dustin,

Ditto. Average user will not touch it as long as user interfaces (CLI) require active participation to get work done. Hell many windows admin find it difficult to use vi and command line. Linux is very powerful OS and I can just tweak it the way I want it. That’s the part of problem. Most users don’t want to deal with command line, they just want to use bloody computer (PC/Mac) for surfing the web, chatting with buddied, download music and other stuff. Another issue limited application options (don’t tell me about wine). Linux is perfect for people like vivek and geeks but not for my mom and noob friends.

– Raj

By: dustin

dustin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:54:09 +0000

This is really funny. One only has to look at the very post right before this one to see why it doesn’t spread…

Ok, Mom, now just type:
“$ sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces”

Right. Not in a million years.