Why don't more people use linux?

[HotelUser]

Here's a list:

1. drivers for anything recent
2. graphics drivers that actually work as intended
3. unity in the community (1000 forks? no thanks.)
4. no true industry standard applications for nigh on everything
5. pulse audio (NO)
6. themes are all ugly or copying another os
7. font rendering is absolutely terrible, no matter what setting you use
8. no decent media player
9. cmd line needed for normal day to day operation in most cases (avg. user should NEVER see a cmd line)
10. horrible ui design
11. go to a linux forum, ask a question, get no answer that solves the problem
12. graphics drivers
13. graphics drivers
14. graphics drivers
15. graphics drivers
16. graphics drivers
17. graphics drivers
18. graphics drivers
19. graphics drivers
20. graphics drivers

- Linux should not be used to play any games
- There's a lot of applications for Linux, considering how few people who use it?
- Themes ugly? It's sure as heck more customizable than its windows counterparts
- A good media player is Banshee.
- I completely disagree about font rendering being terrible. Infact I prefer it to Windows font rendering.
- You're right about having to use the terminal too often, though if you're not an average user this is hardly big deal.
- You simply cannot say it's a bad UI design, because there are many distributions of linux and many windows managers which offer many different UIs.
- Support for Linux does suck, but as average users shouldn't use Linux anyway!

[Blinger$]

- Support for Linux does suck, but as average users shouldn't use Linux anyway!

thats why many people dont use it

[HotelUser]

thats why many people dont use it

And in the 8 last words of my post which you quoted I said the average user should not use it.

[Blinger$]

And in the 8 last words of my post which you quoted I said the average user should not use it.

yes and that is why many people don't use it, we aren't all technologically advanced

(hows that for a big word (H))

[Markeh]

I'd slightly disagree on the Graphics Drivers issue. I found fully working drivers for my ATI HD 4670 on Ubuntu.

[peteyt]

If Linux wants to take over from Windows they obviously need to make it more user friendly.

I've never used Linux but apparently the people who use it prefer the non user friendly element of it. Which shows Linux is meant for more advanced users, not your average users and for this reason it will probably never take over Windows.

Apparently its great for servers though, most hosting sites over Linux servers over Windows. Crap for gaming though, just like Macs really, although as mentioned, with Steam now offering Mac games this could change.

For the people who use Linux? Why do you use it? Is it due to the fact it isn't as user friendly as Windows? I ask this because most people in this post seem to want to make it more user friendly. Would this cause problems for its users?

[Recursion]

If Linux wants to take over from Windows they obviously need to make it more user friendly.

I've never used Linux but apparently the people who use it prefer the non user friendly element of it. Which shows Linux is meant for more advanced users, not your average users and for this reason it will probably never take over Windows.

Apparently its great for servers though, most hosting sites over Linux servers over Windows. Crap for gaming though, just like Macs really, although as mentioned, with Steam now offering Mac games this could change.

For the people who use Linux? Why do you use it? Is it due to the fact it isn't as user friendly as Windows? I ask this because most people in this post seem to want to make it more user friendly. Would this cause problems for its users?

Macs don't perform anywhere near as well as Windows does playing the same games on the same hardware, it won't take off IMO.

Also I dual boot Ubuntu Linux on my netbook with Windows 7, there are just some things it's good to use for, I like it to learn from, experiment with and for other things that are a bit harder to do than on Windows (i.e. aircrack-ng)

[Agnostic Bear]

- Linux should not be used to play any games

Why not?

- There's a lot of applications for Linux, considering how few people who use it?

Few if any industry standard applications.

- Themes ugly? It's sure as heck more customizable than its windows counterparts

Doesn't mean it's not ugly, I have never found a theme that isn't ugly.

- A good media player is Banshee.

Banshee sucks hard. Terrible UI, even though it is my media player of choice when I'm on LUNACKS UNBTONOM.

- I completely disagree about font rendering being terrible. Infact I prefer it to Windows font rendering.

Windows ClearType is the DE-FACTO best font rendering in existence. 12 years of development makes sure of that.

- You simply cannot say it's a bad UI design, because there are many distributions of linux and many windows managers which offer many different UIs.

And all of them suck. Seriously, name one that doesn't (KDE and Gnome excluded, they already suck so hard it's unreal)
awesome and *box are all stupid too.

[Jordy]

Some of you are just outlining how Linux is just as good as Windows or nearly as good as Windows.

Why would I use an OS which is just as good as Windows? I'm only going to use it if it's better than Windows and so far I'm yet to see any area where it's better than Windows (or even just as good).

[HotelUser]

Why not?

You asked why not and below said there's few industry standard applications. It looks like you answered your own question!

Few if any industry standard applications.

Meh. This isn't as much of a problem as it used to be, because of how computing has moved to the internet!

Doesn't mean it's not ugly, I have never found a theme that isn't ugly.

Then you haven't looked at all the themes?

Banshee sucks hard. Terrible UI, even though it is my media player of choice when I'm on LUNACKS UNBTONOM.

I could have said anything and you would have insulted it.

Windows ClearType is the DE-FACTO best font rendering in existence. 12 years of development makes sure of that.

I disagree.

And all of them suck. Seriously, name one that doesn't (KDE and Gnome excluded, they already suck so hard it's unreal)
awesome and *box are all stupid too.

KDE is ehhh. I'm going to glaring at you with narrow eyes followed by a mild-toned sarcastic laugh for saying Gnome sucks, because it quite obviously doesn't.