Red Hat's CEO Suggests Windows For Home Users

Selecter was one of many readers to point out a ZDNet story in which "the CEO of Red Hat now says that Linux is not ready for the desktop, but may be ready in a few more years. Curious - I'm wondering if this is the start of a corporate only retrenchment of Linux, or just a bump in the road to Linux having a wider desktop share?" Apropos that, Gwobl writes "Jim Lynch, over at ExtremeTech, weighs in on the fate of the Linux desktop, now that Red Hat has apparently turned its attention to the enterprise and Novell is buying SUSE (to go with Outlook clone Ximian, which it also owns). Lynch's take: Cheer them on! The Linux world needs these strong champions. And don't overlook Novell's networking roots. Time was, Big Red defined networking."

Comments

Larry the Cow was right!

[PenguinX]

I sure am glad I switched to Gentoo....

Re:Linux isn't ready for the desktop.

[Jahf]

Darn, where are my modpoints when I need them?

To the person who is about to mod this post -1: Offtopic, please also mod the parent +1 Insightful.

Re:Linux isn't ready for the desktop.

[TrancePhreak]

Now, where I disagree with Red Hat is that you should _not_ use Windows. Use Mac OS X. It's way better than windows in design, and just works.

If by "just works" you mean "just formats your drive", then I agree with you. Not really trying to flame, but Apple has its problems too. Some of them are pricey, like their upgrade scheme. Some of them are truly maddening, like the lack of alt+tab style switching. But to each their own. The real problem is that you cannot reccommend OSX to someone who has a PC, because it just doesn't work. If you buy a Mac, then you are probably better sticking with their OS as their hardware and software is highly proprietary.

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[Xeleema]

You horrible, unspeakable bastard! I'm going to see that in 3 hours. You better be messing with me.