Yes, what you said!

People: Did you even click on the "dollar sign" Wikipedia link? I'll post it again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satiric...imilar_letters

Try to click before you criticize.

That satirical; it's not an actual usage of the sign.

You're right, it isn't -- but it is the way every Linux user uses it whenever referring to Microsoft.

No, actually, it is not.

No I dont.

No I don't, either. But then again I'm me.
(Lol?)

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So I'm fake Linux user? Great to know that. You can't like anything in this world anymore without a billion strings attached.

Ha ha ha ha....You the only real Linux user? Kenny, be real. Microsoft and Windows are reality. They make money. Agreed. But using $ symbol makes no difference. Not at all.

Wow, laughing at least 5 minutes. Kenny, there is a difference in truly supporting one thing and being fanatical.
And I doubt, that any "real" linux user uses this crap, or did you ever see anything like Window$ or Micro$oft in writings of Linus Torvarlds, Richard Stallman or even Mark Shuttleworth. They all have done more for Linux than you.

Holy s*hit, I split my sides with this one!
Kenny_$trawn, a "real" Linux user is a person that uses Linux, full stop. There are plenty of users out there that contribute a lot more to the community than you do, so what right to you have to say they aren't "real" Linux users when the extent of your contributions is to misspell words with currency signs?

I'll refrain from commenting on Kenny's post because there is no polite way of expressing what
I think of it.

Additionally, most of us know how it is to argue with a child - completely pointless.

I still am not able to stop laughing...... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ..... intestines are breaking into pieces...

SO... Getting back on topic...

I think Linux needs to be have a more common and uniform desktop experience in order to gain significant market share. Then we'd need some endorsement and publication to get the ball rolling. After that, Linux could gain more support from developers and vendors and become easily accessible to the masses as a free, easy-to-use, virus-free operating system that is far more extensible and customizable than it's proprietary counterparts. This would inevitably lead to better hardware support and make the open-source scene attractive to businesses. Ubuntu is the closest to this, but is really hampered by that insane release cycle and what open-source in general has suffered from.

I think it all comes down to exposure for Linux. I really do. I don't think Linux can ever be *the* alternative to Windows, but I think with better exposure it could at least be considered *an* alternative. Netbooks and Android have helped, but we need the conventional desktop operating system to ramp up the propaganda in order to become that viable option.

I believe Linux is fully capable of a ~10% or even ~20% market share. It's certainly good enough.