Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 7th Dec 2007 06:34 UTC
"Many people are looking to Ubuntu to be something that it is not: A mass market ready operating system designed to work with the same level of compatibility as Microsoft Windows. Where people get confused is in believing that if Ubuntu, king of the Linux distros, is not able to take the marketplace by storm, then something must be broken with desktop Linux. In this article, I'll explain what it will take to dethrone the mighty Ubuntu and gain a market share so large that it will eclipse anything seen by Ubuntu to date." More here.
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2005-07-06
...that's the *only* way any distro will "dethrone" Ubuntu. It's disappointing the way Dell offer their Ubuntu machines (different model, well hidden on their Web site, not offering the same discounts as Windows boxes - i.e. the same accidentally-on-purpose "mistakes" they made in their first effort years ago).
The only significant shift in the market will happen when a major OEM both pre-install *and* fully promote a Linux distro on their desktops. It hasn't happened yet and until it does, discussing "dethroning" Ubuntu is pointless when we're talking a few percent of the pre-install OS overall PC market share across ALL Linux distros in total.