Comments on: Is Linux on the Desktop Approaching the Tipping Point? http://fastwonderblog.com/2006/02/25/is-linux-on-the-desktop-approaching-the-tipping-point/ Consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through social media.Focused on online communities, open technologies, open source, web 2.0, social media, RSS, blogging, and podcasting. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:12:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: GeekyGirl Dawn Foster http://fastwonderblog.com/2006/02/25/is-linux-on-the-desktop-approaching-the-tipping-point/#comment-125 GeekyGirl Dawn Foster Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:05:00 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/?p=41#comment-125 R. Smith,<br/><br/>As an open source advocate, I hate to be so pessimistic about Linux on the Desktop. I agree that corporate usage, especially among developers and other tech crowds, is a much easier hurdle, and corporate users are beginning to use Linux on the desktop more frequently. <br/><br/>The issue of resistance to change is a very good point, and people are especially resistant to change when the new environment is missing key features that the "average" user has come to expect (plug & play and certain applications).<br/><br/>I'm still hoping for broader adoption of desktop Linux, but I think that it will take some time to get there. R. Smith,

As an open source advocate, I hate to be so pessimistic about Linux on the Desktop. I agree that corporate usage, especially among developers and other tech crowds, is a much easier hurdle, and corporate users are beginning to use Linux on the desktop more frequently.

The issue of resistance to change is a very good point, and people are especially resistant to change when the new environment is missing key features that the “average” user has come to expect (plug & play and certain applications).

I’m still hoping for broader adoption of desktop Linux, but I think that it will take some time to get there.

]]> By: R.Smith http://fastwonderblog.com/2006/02/25/is-linux-on-the-desktop-approaching-the-tipping-point/#comment-124 R.Smith Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:30:00 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/?p=41#comment-124 Certainly, Linux is ready for the desktop <i>now</i> but only the corporate one, I think. The "average user" (I hate myself for using that phrase) is just not competent enough to maintain an installed distro nor, in my experience, are they willing to learn something new as people seem to fear change.<br/><br/>Regretfully, I share your pessimism. Certainly, Linux is ready for the desktop now but only the corporate one, I think. The “average user” (I hate myself for using that phrase) is just not competent enough to maintain an installed distro nor, in my experience, are they willing to learn something new as people seem to fear change.

Regretfully, I share your pessimism.

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