Linked by Jeremy LaCroix on Wed 13th Apr 2005 06:51 UTC
I've only been using GNU/Linux since 2001, so I won't say that I'm by any means an expert yet, as most of those that are reading this, probably have been using Linux much longer than I have. However, I still have high hopes for the Linux scene. The purpose of this article is to voice my personal opinion on what I feel is keeping GNU/Linux from taking over the mainstream operating system market. My intentions aren't to "badtalk" the open source kernel+apps, but rather give constructive criticsm on what I personally feel it could be done better.
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I've used several different Linux distros daily for the past 15 years. Ubuntu,Fedora,Debian,Suse,Mandrake just to name few. I fully agree with the author about usability.
Opening any type of console to do some installing/setting up or related work is where Linux fails to live up to it's popular counterpart.
If you have to know even one command to install or update a program, your average user will ask for help from a professional.
The purpose of any given OS in desktop use (or any use) is to fullfill the needs of the user. The user doesn't "speak computer" and the computer doesn't "speak user", so the OS is there as a middle man to help them (user and computer) agree on things.
When your average user is expected to type something in the console, it's like telling the user to learn to "speak computer". But i think that is a task for the OS.
Sure i could go in to details about GUI, mouse etc. But i think that's not necessary to make a general point like this.