Linked by Mystilleef on Mon 29th Sep 2003 06:30 UTC
Linux will become ubiquitous in the year 3000. Okay, that was a horrible joke. Linux is just a kernel, the engine that runs an operating system. By itself, it is essentially useless. Kernels shouldn't be discussed or noticed by normal users. And as such when providing these users with reviews, previews and "professional" opinions, computer consultants, computer reviewers and computer journalists should not spew headlines like "Linux is not ready for prime time", "Linux on the desktop by XXX", "Linux to takeover Windows", "Linux is not ready for desktop" and so on.
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Linux needs a lot of work, there needs to be solid applications with standards. Yes, you will most likely have to pay for the software, but normally when something is 'free' it is not worth much. For starters, a Office suite that has a email client, and so on with a common user interface.
Another area that Linux needs work is drivers, with Windows more than likely the driver is bundled with the operating system and it works. With Linux it may be but it will not work correctly. X-Windows needs a lot of work to, it is a resource hog and is slow.
The beauty of Windows is that the applications follow the same guidelines, point and click. I like Linux but it is going too many directions and just has a overall lack of organization. So it will struggle on the desktop, Windows will remain the number one pick for all users in the home/business worlds.