tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-908226853468589323.post2409545076758997911..comments2024-03-26T15:27:16.958+08:00Comments on Krizzyla: Desktop Linux: The Dream Is Deadkrizzylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09484273862198372753noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-908226853468589323.post-4950413524275926642010-12-28T19:34:28.933+08:002010-12-28T19:34:28.933+08:00Wrong premise: GNU/Linux has failed on the desktop...Wrong premise: GNU/Linux has failed on the desktop.<br /><br />Reality is quite different. On retail shelves in USA/Europe you will be hard-pressed to find GNU/Linux desktops but you can buy them on the web. In the rest of the world, GNU/Linux on desktops, netbooks, notebooks and smart-thingies is a growth industry. M$ is losing share every year but remain highly profitable because of the steady growth in total number of personal computers sold annually. Share numbers for GNU/Linux range from a low of 1% to as high as 20% in some regions. Suse, IBM and RedHat, who help businesses roll out huge numbers of desktops see lots of growth in that sector, and particularly in thin clients where the OS does not matter but cost and reliability do matter.<br /><br />Where I work the cost of maintaining XP against the tide of malware was too great and "7" would not run on our PCs so we went to GNU/Linux. We can run our IT perfectly well on castoff XP machines which we can get for free. No business sees much benefit of scrapping perfectly working machines a few years old and buying new to go to "7". GNU/Linux will make great strides in the next few years running on ARM and old XP machines.pogsonhttp://pogson.6k.canoreply@blogger.com