Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Mar 2008 16:07 UTC, submitted by moleskine
"Unlike the myths that are behind the prevention of Linux adoption, this piece will closely examine the indisputable obstacles and what will have to be done to overcome each of them. In the past, many desktop Linux users have opted to simply point to the hardware industry or Microsoft as the root cause of a lack of mainstream adoption. In reality, there are actually core issues extending beyond hardware - and competition from the proprietary markets - that simply must be dealt with head on. With that said, hardware compatibility and competition from closed-source vendors are valid issues, just not solid core excuses for the lack of mainstream interest. Here are the real hurdles."
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Member since:2005-10-11
Here is an example.
I installed gOS on my laptop.
I installed ubuntu desktop, and right before my eyes the current gOS desktop was corrupting itself. Then I noticed the login manager got corrupted.
Don't ask me why, because I didn't understand it.
Edited 2008-03-11 21:37 UTC
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2007-08-22
The Author didn't care how many distro's there is - he's mentioning consistency within the distro's themselves and specifically mentions how some working stuff breaks between releases of uBuntu - quoting scanners and wireless drivers, etc.
In other words, the distros need to make sure that existing things that work in one release continue to work in the next release. That is what he is criticizing there.