The discussion of Linux being ready for the desktop or not is a common one that happens each year.  There are always those saying that it’s finally ready and those who have concerns about certain issues that still are there or are perceived to still be there.  The reality is that most of these arguments don’t matter at all.  There is one huge issue that is really the only one that matters.  What will bring Linux to the desktop or not is the manufacturers.  The reason is because the average user will never install and configure their own operating system.

When you buy a Windows
or Mac, there is a company who puts the hardware together, installs the operating system, then configures the software to work with the hardware.  Many times, even on the machine you are currently using, if someone did not configure the hardware, by default on a clean install of the operating system, your wifi, sound, video, or other pieces might not have worked.  It takes a bit of configuring to make an operating system work with hardware and this will always be true. scienceshops.