Pointer: blog post, "RANT: Is the Linux dream a myth?"

[blnchflr]

I came across this blog post in the openSUSE forums: RANT: Is the Linux dream a myth?

I've met a few characters that are living the Linux dream or at least claiming to. But here's the rub... is there anyone who's exclusively using it? I don't mean "I've got Linux installed on my USB stick" or "I dual boot". Is there anyone who is actually using Linux as there sole operating system. Booting into everyday to check their email, write their documents, develop their code, surf the web and yes.. play their games. I fear there is not.

Having used Linux exclusively for almost a year, and knowing people who've been Linux-exclusive for longer than that, not to mention MAC USERS, the author seems naive or sheltered. Which surprises me, as he's a coder - apparently I'm prejudiced about coders :o)

Comments

[blnchflr]

I've thought about going back, but I don't have anyone to talk me through installation this time (granted, I'm not sure I'd go for Gentoo again--it was still pretty buggy with things like, say, sound card functioning when I ran it, and frustrating to troubleshoot).
If you want to try out Linux again, I recommend Ubuntu - it seems to have a bad reputation in some Linux circles, because it caters to the masses, but fact is it's extremely user-friendly, and supports a wide range of hardware.

I think for most people it would be fairly easy to just run Linux, though.
For people that mostly browse, write the odd text document, play solitaire, watch movies and listen to music, yeah, they'd be fine with Linux.

[holyschist]

Yeah, I've heard that about Ubuntu. I'll have to see what happens--my laptop has weird and distressing hardware problems, so I'm not going to make any big computing decisions until I have those fixed or can afford a new computer.