What Linux Needs to do to go Mainstream - Part 1
The news from LinuxWorld got me psyched to check out Linux again to see what has changed in the year or so since I last experimented with the alternative OS. On a few occasions over the years, I’ve tried some various flavors of Linux. The things that have frustrated me the most about Linux are installing applications, hardware compatibility, and general usability of the OS. So what did I find this time around?
Well, not much has changed. Linux is still the geeky OS that it’s always been. It’s an OS that has huge potential, but because of the openness of it, there is no single company or organization with a clear road map to get Linux into the mainstream. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu distribution, has made some great strides with usability, but it’s still not ready for mainstream usage.
IBM has plans to develop a Linux version to be a viable alternative to Microsoft. Red Hat has done a good job of getting into some corporate data centers. And there have been some attempts to build inexpensive PCs for consumers to be sold at discount outlets like Wal-Mart.
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