Linux has not yet caught on as a desktop OS. It is like other Unix systems a
server OS. Many attempts have been made to make Linux into a desktop OS and
some use it as such but it never caught on.
Many businesses refuse to support it claiming that it is not profitable to
develop for it because it lacks the user base that Windows has. I keep trying
to tell them that Linux has millions of users and they are not tracked by
sales as Windows is because Linux is a free and open source operating system
that anyone can download and install.
Some things like PLC programs need to be ported to Windows like the GE PLC or
DirectSoft PLC software, and they refuse to even if Linux would be a more
stable environment than Windows. Funny that Windows Vista and 7 won't run that
PLC software and they are stuck with Windows 2000/XP to run it. I wonder if it
will work in WINE now?
Anyway I cannot help but notice that Ubuntu has developed Unity in an attempt
to make it more like a tablet PC or Windows 8, but in doing so they made it
harder to use in that you have to search for the name of the program you want
to run, instead of selecting it from a start menu like GNOME or KDE had. Yeah
you can switch GUIS at login, but it would be nice if they made the Unity GUI
easier to use and with programs in categories from a menu. The way they do it
now makes it very hard to use and confusing.
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