Bob Young says Linux won't rule the desktop

Wee writes "I just came across this interesting Yahoo interview with Bob Young in which he says that Linux won't rule the desktop but will instead focus on replacing legacy Unix systems and enhancing Linux's embedded presence. He makes some pretty good points. The oddest quote: "So our opportunity is not to replace Microsoft on the PC. If you've got a perfectly good working PC, why you would go through the angst of replacing it?". Not sure where to start answering that one. My wife (a dedicated Win32 user) liked his car analogy. I need to get her to read 'In the Beginning was the Command Line'..."

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Linux != Red Hat Linux

[4im]

Yeah, sure, I don't see Red Hat Linux ruling the desktop. I installed one not so long ago as a development platform, simply because that's the standard in that company. But truth is, for the desktop, it's crap wehen you compare directly to SuSE. Mandrake is supposedly also excellent on the desktop, just as some of the other distros. My SuSE 7.3 rocks for the desktop, and it's way easier to install than, say, W2K.

Don't go saying Linux is not ready for the desktop when you just know Red Hat or Debian or LFS or so. There are distros out there that _are_ ready. Just go and test them.

N.b. I'm not debunking Debian etc - I love those, but not for the desktop. (Running SuSE, Debian, Red Hat, have tried Mandrake and others.)

Why Replace Your PC

[guttentag]

If you've got a perfectly good working PC, why you would go through the angst of replacing it?

<SARCASM>Because Windows XP is ever so much prettier than 98 but you can't upgrade because you still haven't found the operating instructions your 5-year-old box's cup-holder thingamajig.

Besides, "GIGA-hertz" sounds so cool and you were planning to buy a "calming sounds of jet engines" CD anyway. ZOOM!</SARCASM>

Another blow to Linux

[Tolomak]

See for yourself!