Why Ubuntu isn’t mainstream yet
I’ve been using Fedora for about 8-9 months at work and have recently moved from XP to Ubuntu on my home machine as well. My reason was that to check out something new (and free) before I decide to dish out cash for Vista and a system upgrade (although I’d prefer to buy a Vista Ready laptop and keep my desktop as it is). I’d heard a lot of good things about Ubuntu and wanted to give Linux a second chance (after nightmares at work with Fedora Core 3).
Regardless of the hype and how great a job Canonical and the Ubuntu community are doing, I don’t see Ubuntu replacing too many Windows machines just yet.
Here’s why.
1. The ubiquitous terminal. There’s a reason why GUI’s have taken over. There’s a reason why MS DOS could never do what MS Windows 3.x did for Microsoft. People don’t like command prompts. People don’t like computer commands.
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