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Ask Slashdot: Whatever Happened To the 'Year of Linux on Desktop'?
An anonymous reader writes: Investors, enthusiasts, and Linux distro makers have for more than a decade projected that the upcoming year will be the year of Linux on the desktop platform. But we just can't seem to get to that year for some reason. Windows continues to dominate the consumer market. Apple's macOS X is quickly gaining ground among business customers and designers, and is already ahead of Linux. Do you see Linux getting a significant boost in the desktop market in the coming years?
Exactly. People can bash Apple all they want but when it comes down to it, Apple's shit works. They control the hardware and the software which means they can focus on a small set of configurations and do it well, instead of everyone else who has to try to support and infinite number of configurations and never really getting it right. Everything non-Apple is a support nightmare. And even if there is a problem you just go to the Apple store and they fix it. Good luck finding an ASUS store to bring your laptop to in an emergency.