Lets look at why an OS wouldn't get adopted:
Peripherials really need to be plug and play, so users can buy any vendor's gear and know it will work with their PC (and vendors then become your friends instead of brushing off linux as geek-os)
Backwards compatible, lots of people buy lots of new gear, but forcing people to buy new printers is not a great adoption strategy (though Brother would love that, aka Vista)
What are still the top 3 uses for a PC by most mainstream people? Surfing, watching/listening to media (mp3, dvd, whatever) and basic office like applications. But then tack on the 3 top add-ons? Wireless network, keyboard/mouse/monitor/printer, and drives (USB, firewire, DVD burners, whatever).
Until a linux build can auto detect these, self-configure, and not a single text file needs to be opened or edited for it to work, we're a long way from mainstream - no matter how much i love linux running in my home office...
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Lets look at why an OS wouldn't get adopted: Peripherials really need to be plug and play, so users can buy any vendor's gear and know it will work with their PC (and vendors then become your friends instead of brushing off linux as geek-os) Backwards compatible, lots of people buy lots of new gear, but forcing people to buy new printers is not a great adoption strategy (though Brother would love that, aka Vista) What are still the top 3 uses for a PC by most mainstream people? Surfing, watching/listening to media (mp3, dvd, whatever) and basic office like applications. But then tack on the 3 top add-ons? Wireless network, keyboard/mouse/monitor/printer, and drives (USB, firewire, DVD burners, whatever). Until a linux build can auto detect these, self-configure, and not a single text file needs to be opened or edited for it to work, we're a long way from mainstream - no matter how much i love linux running in my home office...