On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM Amit <amitchoudhary0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 9:41 PM Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 at 16:01, Amit <amitchoudhary0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > The main point is that most of the non-programmers are used to Windows, so >> > to migrate them to linux, there should be an user interface like Windows. >> > I know there are few such distros but I think that there are so many >> > diverse options in linux desktop that may be non-programmers get confused >> > as to which one to use. >> > >> > If Linux foundation adopts one particular distro/linux desktop then may be >> > it will easy for Windows users to switch to Linux. >> >> The main reason that most desktop and laptop PCs are Windows based is >> because most users don't care what the OS is, they just buy a machine >> and use it. Since stores generally only sell Windows or Mac based >> machines the typical user does not get a Linux option at all. > > I have heard this argument before but the point is that they don't sell Linux > desktops because Linux desktops are not up to the mark.
Also see articles like "Microsoft Antitrust: “The Linux Threat on the Desktop” (2006) and Predatory Response," <https://techrights.org/o/2009/01/22/microsoft-taskforce-vs-walmart-linux/>. > I had once bought a linux desktop from Amazon in 2015 probably, and when I > just started using it, I got an option to update something and when I did > that, few things got botched by the update and probably wireless stopped > working. So, I returned it. > > Companies will definitely sell linux desktops if they can make profit from > it. But it is very hard to convince a non-programmer buyer to buy linux > because they also know that linux desktops are not up to the mark. > > On my linux desktop, the native file explorer is far behind the windows file > explorer. > > There was one more issue that I encountered - I had downloaded zip file of > openjdk to do java development because I didn't want to install java. > However, this presented a problem - for associating the java jar file with > java executable program I had to write a .desktop file. So, I had to learn > how to write a .desktop file. On windows it is simple - you just right click > the jar file and then choose java executable program to run the jar file and > the jar files will then get associated with the java executable program (no > need to learn anything). > > I don't use windows because it is insecure. It can get hacked. Although I > will also buy an antivirus but still I think that windows can get hacked even > if antivirus is there. Jeff -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
