Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 26th Jan 2007 15:00 UTC, submitted by editingwhiz
"The OSDL's Desktop Linux Working Group has published its first year-end report on the state of the overall desktop Linux ecosystem. The report provides insight into the year's key accomplishments in terms of functionality, standards, applications, distributions, market penetration, and more."
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2005-06-29
You're too involved in your niche. Most people weren't listening back then because they weren't hearing. The technology community is tired of hearing about Linux, but Joe Schmoe has barely heard of it and then often only because of that IBM ad and a few other minor things.
So no, the advocacy hasn't hurt it at all. And those people who thought it was awful years ago are continuing to try it out occasionally, and every now and then a few of those people get convinced that "hey this isn't bad." They keep checking for a couple of reasons that vary:
1.) It may be their job to be aware of what's out there.
2.) They may be curious and enjoy playing with operating systems.
3.) They may be mad at their current system for some specific reason.
4.) They see a review and are intrigued by some item within it.
It all just builds slowly. It does seem like it's very unlikely that a mass adoption is going to happen. I think if anything happens it has to happen slowly. OSes are just too difficult for most people to install for them to try something on a whim.