Why don't more people use linux?

[N!ck]

Font rendering - I just took these screenshots.

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Looks good on Windows and Linux, but horrible on OS X.

[Apolva]

Looks good on Windows and Linux, but horrible on OS X.

The bold on Linux looks quite poor :/

But I think it's using a different font to the other two - "sans-serif" rather than arial.

[Rapidshare]

Linux is the best OS for hacking..

Enough said.

[Recursion]

Linux is the best OS for hacking..

Enough said.

LOL. Enough said.

[Latour]

I actually really like Linux, mainly Ubuntu. I dual boot is on my mac book pro and use it for general browsing. I don't really find it better then OS X or 7, but it's a nice change. That being said, installing it on my Macbook was much more work then it was to install it on a PC... that nearly turned me away from doing it.

&&, it doesn't seem to support my HP desktop's wifi driver, which is quite annoying because I'd use it quite a lot on that computer if I could get it running. ._.

[HotelUser]

Honestly I don't mind any of those font rendering techniques. Probably because I am a frequent user of all three OSes and are quite used to them.

Font rendering - I just took these screenshots.

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Looks good on Windows and Linux, but horrible on OS X.

[Recursion]

I actually really like Linux, mainly Ubuntu. I dual boot is on my mac book pro and use it for general browsing. I don't really find it better then OS X or 7, but it's a nice change. That being said, installing it on my Macbook was much more work then it was to install it on a PC... that nearly turned me away from doing it.

&&, it doesn't seem to support my HP desktop's wifi driver, which is quite annoying because I'd use it quite a lot on that computer if I could get it running. ._.

I tried to get it working on my MacBook and failed miserably.

Linux just doesn't really cut it for some people. I know a lot of people who tried to get into Linux found simple things like font rendering, installing programs etc too difficult. I mean, they couldn't even read the screen the AA on the font was so bad.

Macs, you drag an application to the applications folder and it's installed. Windows, you run a quick installer, and it's installed.

God help me I've never been able to install anything on Linux easily.

[alv4]

I think because the compability of programs...