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Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition

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Re: Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition

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Post by riiii »

the__alchemist wrote: post #6

I've been patiently trying a distro of Linux every other year for the past 20... Someday. The general trend: Things work well from a native install. When you start installing software and drivers, the OS gets totalled , sooner or later. > What's worse is that software compiled for the current version of Linux X will not necessarily work for the current version of Linux Y. Linux distros insist that all the software mu…

> When you start installing software and drivers, the OS gets totalled, sooner or later.

My experience with Windows, exactly.

Re: Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition

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Post by jmclnx »

When I see the articles I believe the title should be "Linux is not Windows so I do not like it".

I have used Linux for just shy of 30 years. It is different than Windows and far more powerful. It is just that people do not want to learn different things. Plus Linux has no spyware.

These days, you can do anything on Linux that you do on Windows, except for some 3d Gaming. And that is because hardware vendors refuse to support Linux in the way they support Windows. It is the fault of Video vendors, most notability Nvidia.

So off to my usual rant :) If I was the "ruler" of Linux, I would make sure no Nvidia GPUs would work under Linux until Nvidia opens up their GPU.

Re: Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition

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Post by graemep »

the__alchemist wrote: post #6

I've been patiently trying a distro of Linux every other year for the past 20... Someday. The general trend: Things work well from a native install. When you start installing software and drivers, the OS gets totalled , sooner or later. > What's worse is that software compiled for the current version of Linux X will not necessarily work for the current version of Linux Y. Linux distros insist that all the software mu…

> When you start installing software and drivers, the OS gets totalled

I have been using multiple Linux distros for over 20 years (and supporting other people) and this has simply never happened to me. Not even since I started using a distro that is supposedly less stable (Manjaro).

> Forcing a user to compile C code is a bad user experience

That is why very few distros expect users to do it. Are you thinking of Gentoo or similar? I think its good that there are distros that cater for people who want to compile software, but why choose one of those distros unless you actually want to compile software?

From the point of view of most users, Linux is very similar to iOS or Android - you install software from the "store".

Re: Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition

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Post by kube-system »

These are a bunch of reasons why the top 1% of the most technical users in the world might not use Linux on their desktop.

For everyone else, the reason they don't use Linux on their desktop is because it didn't come installed on it.

If somebody does to desktops like what Google did for smartphones, then Linux will finally have its moment.

Re: Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition

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Post by t-writescode »

yoyohello13 wrote: post #19

All I can say as a person using Linux exclusively for the last 10 years: - You're using the wrong Linux distribution - You're using the wrong Linux kernel version - You have the wrong hardware - You're using Linux incorrectly - You're asking for too much - Go debug or fix it yourself. Edit: This is sarcasm by the way. These bullets come from the article. In all seriousness though. I think another poster had the right…

In part, all of this right here is why there's still a collection of people who don't consider Linux a viable alternative.

It's giving a mix of "You're holding it wrong" and Stack Overflow's "Question Marked as Duplicate"

Re: Why Linux is not ready for the desktop, the final edition

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Post by weare138 »

What are we comparing this too? With the exception of Windows software able to run on Windows, you could make everyone of those claims in spades about Windows. I would recommend OP go administer an enterprise Windows network and stare into the abyss like I did during my stint in the corporate world. And I won't be doing that again.
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