Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 30th Jun 2009 16:48 UTC
While traversing about the web this afternoon, I came across a rather funny subject title for a forum post. The person asked if any "normal" people use Linux, but went on to ask forgiveness for the lack of a better word than "normal." He wonders if anyone who isn't an open source, uber-geeky, stay-up-until-dawn-exploring-code fanatic actually uses Linux. Though the congregation here at OSNews is (obviously) comprised of very many of the aforementioned fanatics (in a sense; wear the title with pride), I also believe there to be many readers who are more or less "normal," for the lack of a better word, and plenty who may fall in between both spectrums of nerdiness.
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...definition of "normal" really. That scale is what most "techie" types consider to be normal. However those at the bottom end of that scale would argue otherwise, as would those who spend most of their working days supporting computers used by people at the lower end of that spectrum.
. Then there's the availability of apps (remember we're talking about people who's DVD players and Microwaves have the time flashing 12:00), if it doesn't come from K-Mart they don't know how to find it. The list goes on.
The biggest percentage of the population still fall into the "where the hell is the on switch" category, so for them using Linux is not an option unless it has been set up for them - which is how they get their Windows or OSX box. And therein lies the problem for LInux - well one of them - there are simply not enough vendors that provide the option of pre-installing it. Then there's the general lack of options for getting more knowledgeable "friends" to help with configuring or when something goes wrong - which can actually be a good thing
When Linux manages to address these problems it will gain more presence on the desktop of "normal" people...