Even When Linux Fans Win, They Lose

Linux fans have been arguing - very loudly - for years that we should all be using Linux. They say it’s better, faster, etc. and you can easily escape the corporate shackles of retail operating systems by using it. Ubuntu finally comes along which is one of the easiest *nix distros you’ll ever use. It’s got fanatical worldwide support. It’s also got corporate support from companies like Dell.

For all intents and purposes, this is a win. The Linux fans finally got what they were looking for, that being a distro people can actually use as their primary OS if they so chose to do so. Lots of support, lots of apps, all for free, total coolness all around. And recognition where it counts.

Here’s what I don’t understand: There are quite a few *nix fans that say if you use Ubuntu, it’s a “for noobs only” OS.

It is this attitude that, said bluntly, pisses me off about the Linux community as a whole.

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I believe that Linux users

I believe that Linux users should be happy if one distro or another gets good publicity and many new users. Linux users, after all, tend to try at least 4-5 distros before they choose one to use for a long time(and this will probably not be forever!) More market share for Linux as a whole will definitely bring more users to their distro of choice.