Intersting, thanks for the link.

SO Is Linux ready for the Desktop?

It works fine for me. Linux is all I have here. See sig.

Not yet, but almost yes.
The part I think not yet ready is:-

1. lack of game which able to run in windows too
2. lack of common/specific application like adobe acrobat pro, ms office, Some CAM software and etc
3. Centralize management (as corporate client pc) still hard
4. New Hardware driver cannot get easily

Except this I think it work well, for Server and Client(Linux is good, the problem is particular software/hardware vendor want to support it or not).

Regards,
Ks

You are likely correct on the games. Open Office replaces M$ Office. As far as hardware support, there is a post on here somewhere that hardware sometimes is better in Linux. I have a Canon camera that has never worked on windoze but works fine on Linux. My brother has to reboot his computer to get his camera to work.

I think Linux is more ready than some think. The only thing I have not been able to do with Linux is have frequent crashes and a lot of rebooting, catch a virus and have to reinstall on a regular basis.

I not only mention Office Application, Ms Office is only an example. Much more aplication only able to run in windows like some local vendor software using dongle key, minitab and etc.

About the hardware driver, I'd mention that New Hardware driver, meaning that the driver may not occur in Linux before and users need to wait(Or probably they need to google it because native linux driver may not found it their distro). In my expierience I have facing a problem on Logitect orbit webcam latest product. I can't find any driver is working for it(Now maybe have).

Regards,
Ks

Poor hardware support with linux? that is just so 20th century

Maybe it is his distro that is running behind. I use Gentoo and all my hardware works just fine. Heck, even a winmodem will work nowadays. You may have to pay for the driver but you can usually get it to work.

but how can an average windows mover mess first hand with GENTOO?it will be total confusing..though i agree that the total outcome is superior build of OS.

One of my hardware didn't work is mass storage texas mmc card reader in my acer laptop.
Didn't you agree that Linux community spend alot of time in tunning their driver?

Regards,
Ks

Not their driver to tune, SD cards are propitiatory and a notorious pig to get working without the propitiatory drivers. Add to that an acer laptop, the winmodems of the laptop world, and its a credit to open source that the card reader was the only problem. The last acer laptop I looked at had the CPU fan controlled by software, if it wasn't running the default installation the CPU tried to cook its self. With 'standards' that flexible its not suprising some hardware has problems.
Cheers,
Stan.

One recent problem I've had, and this is not the fault of Linux, is DRM software that only works in Windoze so that I was locked out of the e-book I'd purchased if I used it in Linux (DRM sucks).

I find most things work as good or better in Linux once it's set up, IMO it's the setting up that holds back the would-be convert.

However, I do agree that open source community is keeping improve and growing up. I'd deal with a Software vendor and we both workup together to run their company foxpro product in Linux. Seems it run quite well.

What feed back from the vendor is seems like it can help them reduce some problem like virus attach, blue screen and etc.

Yes!! Wine developer done a very good job because it help software company to port their application to Linux easily.

Ks

One thing I like about linux is that its free and in order to get it free you don't have to lie, cheat and steal
thats one thing I don't like about windows is that you have to pay money for the slightest thing and you can only have it on one computer as far as I am concered you should only have to pay once for the software and are able to install on as many computers as you want

That's another problem. People of low moral fiber can get multi-thousand dollar applications cracked over the internet, and then complain that there's no alternative to Maya, Photoshop or ProTools on linux. Though the free alternatives are really getting close - even to these monsters.