That's the thing, there has to be "one" Linux for Linux to have a chance to succeed, and the fact of the matter is there isn't and can't be by the very nature of what Linux is supposed to be. While your hardware analogy is a good one in regards to one of the main reasons why the PC standard became a PC standard, the fact of the matter is it was all exactly the same hardware. It's not all exactly the same Linux.
More and more, the browser is the OS (to be cliche for a moment), but until that final layer of interface is cracked (where peripherals are designed to work with it), the browser will still need that powerful, single platform, which for better or worse IS Windows (which all peripherals are designed to work with).
Really, for 99% of the population, it doesn't matter if it's Windows, Mac or Linux, as long as the thing works. Frankly, I don't care either, but for me to have what I deem a 100% system, it STILL has to be Windows-based. Hell, even if my next system were a Mac, it would still be a dual boot system into Windows 7. And frankly if I'm going to go that effort, I may as well just get a Windows 7 system and have a Mac as a secondary system.
That's the thing, there has to be "one" Linux for Linux to have a chance to succeed, and the fact of the matter is there isn't and can't be by the very nature of what Linux is supposed to be. While your hardware analogy is a good one in regards to one of the main reasons why the PC standard became a PC standard, the fact of the matter is it was all exactly the same hardware. It's not all exactly the same Linux.
More and more, the browser is the OS (to be cliche for a moment), but until that final layer of interface is cracked (where peripherals are designed to work with it), the browser will still need that powerful, single platform, which for better or worse IS Windows (which all peripherals are designed to work with).
Really, for 99% of the population, it doesn't matter if it's Windows, Mac or Linux, as long as the thing works. Frankly, I don't care either, but for me to have what I deem a 100% system, it STILL has to be Windows-based. Hell, even if my next system were a Mac, it would still be a dual boot system into Windows 7. And frankly if I'm going to go that effort, I may as well just get a Windows 7 system and have a Mac as a secondary system.
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