linux on the desktop

just a few thoughts why linux is not on the desktop yet.

• graphic drivers suck (except those from intel and some other vendors’ old cards)
• wireless lan (networkmanager is not very good)
• updates (not reinstallations of new versions) tend to screw up the whole system
• the security mechanisms are not always working (getting better over the last years of course) but still one needs to be a pro to do them correctly without breaking the whole system
• backups: dependent on your distribution this works or does not work well

in other places i see pretty good support in linux for the desktop use case. still those things i mentioned are harmful!

btw: i would like to mention that some years ago i would have argued that bringing the games to linux would make linux the ‘os of choice’. this still did not happen for various reasons. but as time changed i would say this argument is not true anymore since ppl tend to have more than one computer or use game consoles for gaming.