Do you think 2010 will be the year of the linux desktop?

[Colt45]

I don't think it will ever happen. That's ok though, I don't want to lose any of my geek cred. :awe:

 

[Red Squirrel]

I pretty much agree with everything said. I would LOVE to see it being more dominant, but it needs to be made easier to use and also more compatible which is something Linux coders can't really control - it's the big companies that make games, apps etc that have to support it, and it's not worth it to them.

I think Google OS might possibly help, we'll see. I'm actually running XP myself... but I would love to switch to Linux, but finding apps that will work is the hard part. Photo editing, sound/video editing, apps I seldomly use but still need etc etc...

Linux would actually be very well fit for a brand new office environment though. Like if a new company is founded and started with linux right off the bat, it could work out well. Trying to switch an existing environment to Linux though would be impossible. Too many crappy custom apps that not only need windows, but will barely work if it's not on the company standard image. I've seen some horribly coded custom apps in the corporate world. Healthcare is pretty bad for that.

 

[compman25]

Nope

 

[silverpig]

Hasn't every year since the release of 2.4.0 been declared "the year of the linux desktop"?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Kill PC gaming (or if by some miracle all games work in *nix via WINE and some kind of Direct3D to OpenGL wrapper) and I will switch. Well, I would probably use OpenSolaris since I am forced to use it elsewhere, but it is sorta similar to Linux.

 

[Train]

If it hasnt happned yet, its too late. It's gonna top off at 10% at best. 10% would be huge for linux.

Something else is going to have to come along to knock off Windows. IMO Linux blew it when it split into a thousand distros.

 

[theflyingpig]

Linux will always be a failure in the mainstream market. This is because linux was and is developed by nerds with no sense of design and aesthetics. The common man wants his computer to work, and look like something he can use, not something with a billion different options for even the most mundane tasks. That is the failure of linux. Linux is designed by nerds for nerds. No one else wants or needs it. Everyone knows this.

 

[coldmeat]

I know nothing about Linux, but wouldn't tech support be a nightmare for companies if they started handing it out with their machines? People get confused with XP still.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Linux will always be a failure in the mainstream market. This is because linux was and is developed by nerds with no sense of design and aesthetics. The common man wants his computer to work, and look like something he can use, not something with a billion different options for even the most mundane tasks. That is the failure of linux. Linux is designed by nerds for nerds. No one else wants or needs it. Everyone knows this.

I agree with this.

 

[iGas]

I know nothing about Linux, but wouldn't tech support be a nightmare for companies if they started handing it out with their machines? People get confused with XP still.

It would be less of an issue because the first thing that load would be RTFM.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Linux will always be a failure in the mainstream market. This is because linux was and is developed by nerds with no sense of design and aesthetics. The common man wants his computer to work, and look like something he can use, not something with a billion different options for even the most mundane tasks. That is the failure of linux. Linux is designed by nerds for nerds. No one else wants or needs it. Everyone knows this.

Interesting coming from an Apple fanboy. You could replace "Linux" with "Apple" in that sentence and it would have been perfectly relevant in the early 80s.

 

[0roo0roo]

I agree with this.

yup its customizability works perfectly fine for the applications it was meant for. people try to make it more than it is. open source is certainly not good for everything.
whats the last AAA open source game title that was developed? power of the "community" has its limits.

anyways everyone switching to linux just seems like jumping from one prison to another really.

 

[coldmeat]

Interesting coming from an Apple fanboy. You could replace "Linux" with "Apple" in that sentence and it would have been perfectly relevant in the early 80s.

wtf? I didn't say that.

 

[TruePaige]

We all have to move all of our shit to California and put the TLC into starting our 25x25 foot weed gardens, drying it out, smoking it, and you STILL expect us to have time to install and troubleshoot linux or millions of desktops?

What are you smoking?

 

[Maleficus]

Nope.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

wtf? I didn't say that.

How strange, seems the VB quote mechanism jacked off. I was quoting theflyingpig.

 

[Kadarin]

Poasting here from Linux Mint 8...

 

[CPA]

this. people are stupid. they need simple like mac.

Has nothing to do with being stupid. You don't expect everyone to know how a car engine works when the buy a car, do you? Just like any machine, most people want it to work to their expectations and that's it. They don't want or necessarily need to know how it works.

 

[0roo0roo]

Has nothing to do with being stupid. You don't expect everyone to know how a car engine works when the buy a car, do you? Just like any machine, most people want it to work to their expectations and that's it. They don't want or necessarily need to know how it works.

its worse, they can't be bothered, they will do things like ignore the automatic update warnings. bit like never changing your oil then b*tching.

 

[Zebo]

When I can play Fallout 3 and a bazillion other apps on it maybe. Hey - that's what everyone else says too.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Probably if the Linux devs do away their quadrillion different distros and versions...

 

[amdhunter]

Is it still a pain in the neck to install applications? I remember spending 45 minutes once to get VLC installed...lol

What distro would someone recommend today to play around with? I have a fully loaded HDX16T that could use a new OS.

 

[RESmonkey]

Has nothing to do with being stupid. You don't expect everyone to know how a car engine works when the buy a car, do you? Just like any machine, most people want it to work to their expectations and that's it. They don't want or necessarily need to know how it works.

Maybe stupid was too sharp of a word. I think you explain it better

 

[Sumguy]

Considering most people can barely operate Vista/7, no.

 

[n7]

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