The current problem here in the US with computers is that if someone buys
one, it is usually through a major store like Best Buy or Walmart while some
turn to Amazon or Dell.com for online sales. Of course there are Apple Stores
and Microsoft trying to expand on their Microsoft Stores outside of Bellevue,
WA.
People say that desktop Linux failed because Microsoft essentially took
control of those types of distribution channels with Windows PCs and the
custom Linux machines were repressed to a hidden page on Dell.com or small
online stores located in Europe that no one knows about.
Where does Linux stand for the future? Can we try to get businesses that do
not like the upcoming Windows 8 UI to give us a chance? Even if they do, the
desktop environments are so fragmented and all over the place. Do they want
XFCE? MATE? Cinnamon? Unity? Gnome Shell? What I really like about Trisquel
is that the default Gnome 2 look is one of the better looking ones out there
and easiest for Windows Vista/7 users to transition to. Especially with the
transparent bottom panel.
With Ubuntu testing the waters with their own ARM compatible version, it
makes you wonder if Trisquel ever thought of doing an ARM version with
Ubuntu's code like they do currently with the main desktop. I know Trisquel's
resources are much lower than big companies and there has to be a way to make
it more popular.
Microsoft can buy their way into people's homes. Trisquel has to win their
hearts.
