Here’s a NY Time article titled the “Time is Right for Linux PC’s to Emerge” (from its technology section) that explains the status of Linux in the PC market.
NY Times article titled “Time is Right for Linux PC’s to Emerge”
I am still amazed how few Mac and Linux computers there are compared to Microsoft-driven computers. Personally, I believe that open source advocates should encourage friends and neighbors to install Linux distributions such as Ubuntu on computers that are replaced by newer hardware. I have found that a used laptop runs great on Ubuntu.
As the article states, internet access today provides most of what most people want and need. I hope that people don’t take this statement to mean that Linux does not have high quality software packages. The Linux operating system and the great variety of Linux distributions (different packages of free software coupled with the Linux kernal) have many strengths.
