The Linux Desktop and ISVs/OEMs

olau writes "Michael Meeks, who's worked on GNOME and LibreOffice integration for many years, now for SuSE, has some really interesting thoughts on the recent Linux desktop debate and suggestions for possible strategies. He points out that regarding independent software vendors (ISVs), the real issue isn't actually the quality of the tools but the size and attractiveness of the market, and perhaps that a solution could be lower barriers for paying or donating. Regarding OEMs selling hardware with software preinstalled, he points out that while a free OS + software sounds good for consumers, it's actually a problem for OEMs on razor-thin margins, since they lose the cut they get from the preinstallations. A possible countermove could be nailing robustness and hardware diagnostics for good, lowering OEM support costs."

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Chicken Sh*t

[Delifisek]

I'm getting sick of those fools.

Guys you are failed big.

I wish to both KDE and GNOME burn to the ground....

For 12 years I use Linux desktop (mostly KDE maybe entirely KDE).

Then last year I buy ATI 66 something. Bam. All ubuntu based distros stop to working. Try to switch another but can't find a stable solution.

Then guess what ? I find that Windows 7, more stable and more productive.

Holly sh*t. I was wrong in last 12 years. Due to my stupity I lost entire decade. Not because of the bad code but because of the f*ckin politics...

Look that android thing. I came from nothing. And capure half of the market.

Linux Desktop is dead. No matter what you wheening about, it was dead, R.I.P, nada, kaput.

Long live the Android. That thing capure entire planet with a snap...