Is Linux a desktop operating system?

Kreg Schlosser liberaltugboat at gmail.com
Sat May 28 02:55:39 UTC 2005


> But you said "Tech support from distrobutions, internal support,
> training and certification all need more work" but now you say they
> are doing a good job?  I'm confused.

Well, I do think that Red Hat and Suse do a good job offering
corporate support mainly for the server level, but it leaves the
desktop user out to dry (Red had no longer has a consumer product and
suse pro only has 30 days of installation support)
 
> No more expensive that M$ support and training.  Besides that 'Linux
> guys' typically aren't trained.  We enjoy the work and self-train
> ouselves in our own spare time and thusly bring value to the company
> that hires us, not additional expense.

That is one of the problems. If youre a business owner would you
rather have someone who has no (or little) formal training or
credentials, or an MSCE with a degree from an accredited tech collage
that focuses on windows training (most would take the later)

> The US will be the last to follow I think.  Even if/when Redmond
> starts to decline it will be a long time before those deep pockets run
> dry.  I think they will eventually embrace Linux in some half-hearted
> way.  They must have realized they cannot win against opensource by
> now so from here on it's just grasping at straws. 

Looks like we agree here :)

I would like to see nothing more then linux on  every desktop in the
world, I am only pointing out flaws, that hinder it from being
mainstream, that have nothing to do with how good an OS linux is. Most
of these problems are nothing more then marketing.




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