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Don’t confuse bad Linux support for bad Linux
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| Anti-Linux evangelists try to level many claims against the free open source
| operating system Linux. Arguments against the base cost (nothing!) or about
| the turnaround time to repair security exploits don’t work. But there is one
| item in the anti-Linux arsenal which often hits hard: lack of support. Here's
| why it makes good Linux techies groan when they see it.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19170/1141/
It's funny how he calls shills and Munchkins "Anti-Linux evangelists".
They say there has been a lot of Linux hatred recently, which is a sign that
it's successful enough to drive some Luddites crazy.
Related:
A Perception of Lack of Support for Open Source Should Not Stop Adoption of
Linux
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| People seem hesitant to accept open source because “there is no company
| behind it” like Microsoft. First of all, from an OS standpoint, support of
| Linux distros by the companies that publish them has come a long way in the
| past few years. Companies like Canonical (the distributor of Ubuntu Linux),
| Novell (SuSE Linux), and Red Hat offer support programs that can assist you
| with your problem, although these programs vary in pricing and how they are
| conducted. The point is, however, that despite the fact that the OS is
| developed, maintained, and improved by an amorphous body of programmers (the
| open source community), there are real companies behind the distros that will
| be there if you have a question or problem.
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http://lawtech.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/support-linux-open-source/
The top Linux support weaknesses, then and now
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| In 2003, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com visited the Linux support landscape
| with a list of Linux support weaknesses. A lot has happened over the
| past four years, as is evident in the success of Red Hat and
| Novell's subscription-based support models and the meteoric
| rise of commercial-grade Ubuntu support, to name a few.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1262974,00.html
Linux Graphics, a Tale of Three Drivers
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| Obviously, if the Linux desktop suddenly took off tomorrow Intel would be
| perfectly poised to capitalise on its successful open source strategy, slap
| a "Designed for Linux" sticker on all its desktops and laptops and wait for
| the profits to come rolling in.
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| However, the current trend is for the future to go smart and mobile, with
| Linux becoming a strongly competitive choice in the mobile market primarily
| because of it's commodity support and speed of innovation. The most commonly
| touted feature of the new generation of mobile devices is graphics and
| multi-media, so anyone with a graphics device strategy that supports Linux
| seamlessly and can innovate down to the low power hand held devices is nicely
| positioned to capitalise on an emerging market.
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https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Linux_Graphics_Essay
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