Linux is not good for Desktop

[Dick Dowdell]

Ramachandran,

I emphatically do not agree.  The. current (13.10) Ubuntu desktop is very
attractive and usable.  The availability of the Libre Office suite provides
practical compatibility with MS Office users and a wealth of applications
is available for Ubuntu.  I have set up Ubuntu for friends and small
businesses who didn't want (or couldn't afford) to upgrade to PC hardware
powerful enough to run Windows 7 or 8.  There have been no complaints.

It is easier to learn the Unity desktop than it is to switch to the Windows
8 "Modern" UI (though I do like it).  The only real issue arises when one
must use a Windows application that has no workable counterpart on Linux.

The commercial viability of Linux on the desktop is more dependent on
inertia and lignorance than it is upon functionality.  I develop software
for Windows, MacOs, iOS, Android, and Linux.

Regards,
Dick Dowdell
Home: 508-528-4018  Mobile: 508-498-7919


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Ramachandran Chidambaraiyer <
ramachandran.chidambaram at gmail.com> wrote:

> While discussing about Apple and its OS for Mac and Iphone, it was
> mentioned that Linux has failed as an OS for Desktop. It includes Ubuntu
> also.
> Do you agree with this.
> Ramachandran
>
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