[citation][nom]Gin Fushicho[/nom]"simply work"? Linux is a pain in the ass to get the things to work you want to work, unless everything is pre-installed.But I have the feeling that if Dell starts selling Linux only computers that soon they will get heaps of viruses too.[/citation]
I'm running linux here, you are most welcome to write a virus and send it to me, we will see if it even runs here because unlike windows, linux doesn't run files by default, it runs first files that have the exec bit on, usually that bit isn't saved when passing files between computers and you actually need to have another existing program that runs or the user to run it. for the former you need to replace that running program's code somehow bringing you to the problem I've started this paragraph with...
[citation][nom]Emperus[/nom]The only reason windows has that dominating market share is gaming.. There are just no other alternatives.. Moreover, majority of the people keep away from linux because of a somewhat tedious learning curve.. Ubuntu however is one of the most fun and easy linux distro(s) to use and it can easily be the OS for folks building up a config for internet, programming and learning, home cinema and other general tasks.. There are so many of variety distro's available that everyone will find one of their requirement and taste..[/citation]
wrong, let review something first, steve balmer has announced not to long ago that they sold over 7 million copies of W7, what is the percentage of retail sales of that? not too much, microsoft and oem vendors have deals where oems my a bunch of special windows versions, installs them on computers and sale them in higher price rate.
in an essence, usually you do not get the chance to choose your os, you get what the oem vendors choose for you.
nowadays, for the average user (net surfing, video and audio watching and non professional editing, basic office usage and maybe mild gaming), linux offers the same link windows, in fact because of the linux is built, it mode safer (users that don't have a clue cannot do more harm on linux then on windows.