The "trollish" post has a point though. Linux feels amateurish. It's a fact. The main reason is somewhat kludgy APIs in X. Due to that, Linux lacks in Desktop performance. I can't watch HD movies, I can't play games at the speed I do in Windows, my PC hangs more often than with Windows due to shitty ATI/NVidia drivers. Just to name a few. Windows beats Linux in this respect. It actually doesn't just beat it, it also stomps on it.
And right now we're at a point where Windows is far more stable than Linux. The days of Windows 95 are over. Ever since XP, one of the main benefits of Linux vs Windows - stability - disappeared. Not only that, but the situation is reversed due to drivers.
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You don't get to hear stuff like this from kernel devs though. They don't care about desktops. If it's rock solid on their servers, then that's it. That also means that Linux might be doomed on the desktop. If the component that's at the core of a system (the kernel) doesn't give a damn about desktops, then it's simply not going to make it.
And right now we're at a point where Windows is far more stable than Linux. The days of Windows 95 are over. Ever since XP, one of the main benefits of Linux vs Windows - stability - disappeared. Not only that, but the situation is reversed due to drivers.
PS:
You don't get to hear stuff like this from kernel devs though. They don't care about desktops. If it's rock solid on their servers, then that's it. That also means that Linux might be doomed on the desktop. If the component that's at the core of a system (the kernel) doesn't give a damn about desktops, then it's simply not going to make it.
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