A lot of people has been talking about 'The Year of the Linux Desktop', and that this year it will come. But the years has passed, and the The Year of the Linux Desktop never seems to come. Why is that? What are the main problems with Linux that holds it back from becoming a success?
In my experience, the main problems are the following:
1. Hardware support
2. Multimedia support
3. Ease-of-use / Useability
4. Support for running Windows programs (WINE)
Other people may have a different list, or a different priority of the items in the list. This is just according to me. I will post about these items for some time, describe the problems, give an analysis of why the situation is as it is, and give some suggestions for solutions.
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The "Year of the Linux Desktop" has already gone by. I can say that because nobody bothered to define just what that title meant. It's a catchy sounding title and I think I've read every one of the blogs and articles attached to it. Not one of them was written by a Linux advocate. It's a straw man to set Linux up for failure. Linux isn't trying to conquer the desktop. It's trying to give people their computers back. Back from a company who spies on them, using their own CPU cycles and bandwidth. Back from malware that creeps in using a never ending source of security leaks.
ReplyDeleteBut Linux does have one very serious problem that most people fail to note: It wasn't first.