I was here a while back as OnoSendai, but my temper drove me away. Since then, I've been diagnosed with cancer, (melanoma). They took a 2-inch diameter circle of my face off, but apparently it wasn't enough, further surgeries forthwith. I say all this to say that I've changed in some ways, but some ways not. I always hated when Linux users put down Windows by calling it Windoze, Window$, etc. I know a lot, of (most?) Linux users fled Windows because it let them down somehow. When my original Vista bricked, luckily I had just installed a free copy of Ubuntu, (remember those?), and was able to keep on going. I dlled and installed a pirate copy of Win7 that I still use today, figuring Microsoft owed me that much.
That was 5 years ago, since then I think I've tried 100 distros. First Ubuntu, then Peppermint, then I discovered Ultimate Edition with 2.6. Loved it, I could change everything, including the theme without having to use Windowblinds, and fell in love. I always kept Win7 for games and my printer. Long story short, every distro let me down one way or the other, or simply the fact that Windows did everything I needed and wanted without having to have a distro on my machine.
My question is: Why isn't Linux as a DESKTOP, not a server, more popular and used more? Is it the perception that it is a "geeks" play toy, that it is more complicated to use, (it isn't, of course), or that most users are sheeple that use whatever is on the machine they buy?
It freed me up and gave me the courage to play with my system, (the first time I typed in sudo apt-get update and those lovely numbers started tumbling down the screen I felt like I was The Hacker God ).
So, serious question (and if you call me a troll there will be sharp words and muskets at dawn), WHY isn't this thing we love so well not catching on with the "unwashed masses", i.e., Joe Q. Public?
P.S. I posted that bit about Windows at the top because TO ME ONLY Windows is just another distro, with it's own faults and merits. No more, no less.
SERIOUS DISCUSSION ONLY.