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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It's a brilliant article, well-written, I agree with it all, and if I get a vote then I vote that it should be the last Linux Not Ready For The Desktop article, most of which should be "I'm Not Ready For The Linux Desktop" articles anyway.
Maybe soon it will be "Is ReactOS ready for the desktop?" "Is SkyOS ready for the desktop?" I kind of wonder if anyone really knows what "the desktop" is. It seems to me if you can find a few people sitting at their desk looking at the OS's console interface, and they are smiling, then your OS is ready for the desktop, since it is obviously sitting there doing what some user thinks it is supposed to.