jdwii :
lol cd cover in gimp, juanrga please just stop, lets just stop this war anyways it never goes nowhere. Windows will be used a lot and so will linux in the coming years as for that millions of pc's i can show you more using windows hell i even think mac is used more then linux no? Linux is amazing because its cheap and customizable, that is also why its used so much. No licensing fee's which is a big thing in businesses with server. However you're looking at the industry wrong you think of people as this someone who knows a lot and someone who knows nothing. This viewpoint is wrong i'm sorry but even using linux again right now its harder to do simple things that windows can do in a flash and this is not linuxes fault its the fault of software support in America that is a big thing we need word we need photoshop we need average technicians who can install those programs in a flash without knowing lines of commands which is needed except for the easy things. You will always find those geeks or techs who love linux and hate microsoft those people i laugh at because Microsoft did a lot of things for the industry good and bad and so did open source and linux. Installing drivers is even a pain to do at times. Just because someone can click on a browser and do the same things they can do on windows doesn't make linux easy to use. Its easy to use when you get into the dirty stuff and then you have to use the terminal more then you have to use the command prompt on windows. Now once again both have their place in the world but you telling me someone who is a network admin that linux is easy to use its just an outrageous claim and you don't have extraordinary evidence to back it up and you disprove others actual data about the market share and even go onto phones/tablets share to make your(not just you) point. I'm not talking about some troll device like a phone/tablet all i care about is laptops/desktops the real working machines.
Are you suggesting to leave this thread open for you and others to post nonsense such as "linux is not suitable OS because it breaks mobos" without receiving a reply?
Then let me reply.
If you
did read my previous post. I said that she uses
both photoshop and GIMP, because each one has advantages. She used GIMP for
that work, because it offered she some advanced functions beyond Photoshop... In case you don't believe it, here a basic review of GIMP that mentions how in some areas GIMP actually outshines Photoshop
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/169620-gimp-review-no-longer-a-crippled-alternative-to-photoshop
You can write "lol" so many times as you want, but the advanced functions that GIMP offers to professionals in the field will not disappear, neither the CD cover mentioned before.
Linux is already the most used OS in the planet. For each person using Windows, three persons use linux, or something as that. Toms wrote an article about it. Thus you don't need to speculate about if linux will be popular or not.
I have given you a link explaining why the whole Hollywood industry switched to linux.
Their reasons were:
Hollywood prefers to use Linux instead of other operating systems, like Windows or Macintosh, for three simple reasons: it's better, faster and cheaper.
It seems you missed "better" and "faster". Some days ago the international station has switched to linux. The reasons were "stability" and "reliability"
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/155392-international-space-station-switches-from-windows-to-linux-for-improved-reliability
People using massively linux in servers is not by "licensing fee's", as you pretend, but because linux is more stable, fast, and reliable than Windows Server
http://www.pcworld.com/article/204423/why_linux_beats_windows_for_servers.html
I have given you a pair of links showing why modern linux distros are easier than modern Windows. Moreover, I know this is true both by personal experience and by hundred of people who I know. You can continue to negate it, and you can say me funny histories about command line, but it is not going to change reality.
As mentioned before, almost everyone using a phone or a tablet is using linux. Thus, your claim that linux is harder to use than windows, and that average Joe cannot use linux is plain false... once again.
It is a good thing that you laugh at linux geeks who hate Microsoft, now you only need to laugh at Windows fanboys who hate linux.
Installing drivers is much easier in linux than in Windows, specially since most of them are pre-installed and hardware is automatically detected, whereas on Windows you often need to use some CD/DVD or search and download the drivers online. I have installed same printer under both Windows and Linux. On Windows I had to use a CD given by the hardware maker, and wasted my time installing. On linux I connected the USB cable, power on the printer, and it was automatically detected; a pop up window asked me if the model was correctly detected. Click "yes" and it was automatically installed and working.
Same situation for installing USB modem. Under Windows I have to install
proprietary software provided by the internet provider. If I change the internet company. I have to desinstall it and install another
proprietary software, which works differently and I have to learn. Linux detects automatically and even pre-select the network settings from a list of suppliers for my country. WOW!
And it is a real pain when the hardware maker doesn't gives the drivers for
your version of Windows, as people knows:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/194538/dude_wheres_my_windows_7_print_driver.html
Ok?