Five Ways the Linux Desktop Shoots Itself in the Foot

I don’t just write about the Linux desktop; I use it every day. At my desk, I tend to use MEPIS and Mint, while on the road, it’s Ubuntu on my Dell netbook and openSUSE on my Lenovo ThinkPad. I do this because they work well and they’re as safe as a desktop operating system can get. So why aren’t more people using them?

Microsoft is the biggest reason. Microsoft is a jealous monopoly that doesn’t want to share the desktop with anyone. Desktop Linux is just another target in a long list that has included OS/2, DR-DOS, and — that eternal thorn in their side — the Mac. It’s no surprise, then, to see in the history of the Linux desktop that Microsoft has always tried to crush it…

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