What Linux really lacks

Linux does not lack user friendliness any more. Ubuntu. openSUSE. Try them out.
Linux does not lack quality software. Openoffice.org. Firefox. Pidgin. Thunderbird. They all run on Linux.
Linux does not lack power. It runs on the widest range of hardware.
Linux does not lack company backing. Novell. Canonical. Red Hat. They are large corporations.
Linux does not lack hardware support. Most computer hardware actually runs more easily with Linux than other OSes.

What, then, does Linux really lack?

The answer could be:

• Wide spread adoption
• GUI emphasis
• Wide range of mundane software
• People willing to learn Linux

Actually, it’s none of them.

What Linux lacks is an image. A unified brand. A single banner under which Linux can fly. One of Linux’s greatest strengths (diversity) is also perhaps its greatest weakness. Linux was, and still is, considered a geek’s OS.

Perhaps the large companies such as Novell and Canonical should, every now and then, put out an advertisement that shows just how good Linux has become for the average Joe.

The more, the merrier, I always say.

Sorry for the dormancy: RoboCup 2009

Sorry for the recent dormancy, readers… I was participating in the RoboCup 2009, Austria. I was part of my country’s first ever team to the RoboCup Rescue League (team SAVIOUR), and probably the first to any part of the RoboCup. The project site is here at www.projectsaviour.co.cc.

As for me, my regular blogging will resume. Yeah, I do it for interest, but my readers keep coming back, don’t they? 🙂