Linked by Ben Mazer on Mon 26th Jan 2004 19:52 UTC
Lately, there has been a "Why linux isn't ready for the desktop" article every 3 days. Most of the time, these articles originate from a lack of understanding or acceptance of the open source system. I'd like to try to address some of the common arguments against linux here, and try to help people understand why linux probably won't be on your desktop for a while.
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You have a point, but if you are buying a computer to primarily run those programs you would go with a Mac.
If you were buying a computer to work almost exclusively in MS Office, than you would buy a Windows.
If you just want a computer to surf the web, check e-mail, and is compatible with MS office documents then Linux is your computer.
If you want to do some C programming (or almost any programming for that matter) than Linux is by far better than a Windows.
It all depends on your needs.
But you'd be lying if you said a newbie couldn't jump on a modern KDE or GNOME desktop and successfully, get to the web, e-mail, and word processing applications.