Desktop Linux: The Dream Is Dead
19. Oktober 2010
- unter diesem Titel schreibt Robert Strohmeyer bei PCWorld einen längeren Artikel und startet mit dem Satz:
The dream of Linux as a major desktop OS is now pretty much dead.
Die Gründe für diese Einschätzung:
Why Linux Failed on the Desktop
The failure of Linux to catch on with mainstream PC users will come as no great surprise to most observers, but the reasons for its failure are often misunderstood or, at the very least, grossly misstated. Linux didn’t fail on the desktop because it’s “too geeky,” “too hard to use,” or “too obscure,” as casual detractors so often claim in online forums. On the contrary, the best-known distribution–Ubuntu–has received high marks for usability from every major player in the technology press, and it features a menu layout nearly identical to that of Mac OS X.
DVD playback on LinuxWant to unwind with a movie on your Linux PC? Good luck.Ultimately, Linux is doomed on the desktop because of a critical lack of content. And that lack of content owes its existence to two key factors: the fragmentation of the Linux platform, and the fierce ideology of the open-source community at large.
Ich kann nur feststellen, dass mehr Anwender Linux-Systeme verwenden und ohne Linux die digitale Welt anders (und nicht besser) aussehen würde.
Abgelegt in Desktop
