Ok,
Before I am stoned to death let me explain the above tagline: I love
GNU/Linux; and I've been using it since 1995. Not only do I love
GNU/Linux; but I am one of the few that refuses to run any other distro
than Slackware. There is no other OS that can come close to GNU/Linux in
terms of reliability, scalability, security (and believe or not, ease of
use). That of course, holds true as long as one is running GNU/Linux as
a server (preferably from a shell prompt).
As a desktop (or even a netbook), on the other hand, GNU/Linux simply
BLOWS...and SUCKS. It is incompatible with most (new) hardware (i.e,
out-of-the-box, plug & play). For anyone without a good working
knowledge of computer science, GNU/Linux present a myriad of problems;
least of which is the lack of support for the applications and
peripherals the average user is accustomed to using. To them, let's face
it, GNU/Linux is just plain different.
Richard Shim, an analyst with IDC, a market research company stated:
"...Many users found that the universe of applications compatible with
Windows was much larger than those with [GNU/Linux].”. This statement
(again, for the average user not familiar with apt-get; Slackware's
swaret and the rest) is surprisingly true. If the idea behind the
GNU/Linux Desktop was to capture the average user; then it has failed.
Miserably. Take the Netbook Market for example: GNU/Linux’s market share
on these devices has dramatically declined. In 2008, about 24.5 percent
of netbooks shipped with an GNU/Linux operating system, estimates IDC.
This year, it’s expected to plunge to 4.5 percent, and in 2010 only 3
percent of all netbooks will run a GNU/Linux-based OS.
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Juan Alberto Cirez
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Sr. Field Service Technician/Project Manager
J. A. Cirez Integrated Technologies, Inc
Fire Protection | IT Services | Security | Home Inspections | Consulting
Tel. : (780)972-4739
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