Problems Linux Enthusiasts Refuse to Address

[Michael Haney]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:50, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
>> What would be nice it to get the Tux logos alongside the 'Certified for
>> Windows' icons, but that requires someone to actually test the stuff.
>>
>
> It would take for us to write to hardware manufactures and ask for
> Linux support. I try to write to one a week, but it usually turns out
> to be closer to one per month.
>
> Seriously, pick a piece of hardware at random and write to the
> manufacturer asking if it supports Linux. If half the people on this
> list did that once a month, in two years we would see Tux logos
> everywhere.
>

A friend of mine pointed this out to me.  He's a die hard Mac user, BTW.

He said that one of the major strengths of Linux is actually one of
its greatest weaknesses, and that is its immense diversity.

For a veteran member of the Linux community understanding which distro
is best for their needs is easy.  For a newbie understand which of the
hundreds of competing distros out there is the one for them is a
daunting and sometimes frightening task.  Then, there are
compatibility issues, which distro is using which version kernel,
which distro is using which version libraries, which distro is using
which package management system, and for a newbie understanding what
all that means is overwhelming.

There is very little standardization among the hundreds of distros out
there.  This is one of the primary weaknesses of Linux, its heavily
splintered.  This has started happening to Android, and Google is
putting their foot down to stop it.

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