Why Linux isn't mainstream
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| First, the home computer. People at home generally want to use an
| OS compatible with what they use at work. Linux isn't at work, so it
| isn't at home. Additionally, you can't easily play many commercial
| games on Linux. An overwhelming majority of retail PC games are
| released for Windows only. Those PC games that are also released for
| other operating systems are usually released for Windows and MacIntosh.
| It's rare that a retail PC game is released for Linux.
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| But the primary reason that more home users aren't on Linux is because
| they don't use Linux at work. So the work environment is the root of
| the problem.
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http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/17/1535230&from=rss
Same can probably apply to school (e.g. every student can take/afford
OpenOffice for home use). Each corporate migration to Linux and OSS gives
people skills that bridge the habitual gap.
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