Why people quit Linux...its the users fault.

Keir Thomas wrote an article for PC World discussing his "Top 7 Reasons People Quit Linux". at first I thought it might be an insightful essay on why Linux is unable to make in roads into desktop OS industry Microsoft still dominates. Instead I was treated too to the same arrogant single mindedness so common among Linux fanboys. To make it worse Mr. Thomas gloats that he writes Linux guidebooks for Windows users. Wow! No wonder Linux can't make the cut to mainstream desktop OS and server OS.

The tone of this article is astounding.

Under reason No. 2 I installed Linux but some element of my hardware didn't work!

Thomas states:

Some people expand this complaint to point out that Linux can sap their precious time as they work through getting it setup the way they like. Again, this is as true of Linux as it is of Windows. It's just the way PCs are.

Mr Thomas, maybe you have lots of free time and maybe you enjoy endless frustration but most people just want things to work. You don't have to berate them for wanting that.

Under reason No. 3 I tried Linux but I had to type commands!

Thomas goes off:

OMG!!! Really?

But seriously. So what? Are you scared of the keyboard? This is usually related to point #2 above, and it's usually a one-off manoeuvre designed to get something working.

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But typing a few strange words won't kill you.

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Why do we always assume that other people can't possibly be as smart as we are?

Good question Mr Thomas, perhaps you should heed your own words.

And this beauty under No. 4:

Again, so what? Nobody said Linux was a clone of Windows. Things are going to be different now you're using Linux. Not necessarily better, not necessarily worse. Just different. You're over the rainbow, Dorothy! Rather than griping about your troubles, why don't you get used to it? If you're unable to adapt, it says more about you than it does about Linux.

I see, so it is the user and not the OS that is the problem.

Another under No. 6:

But what people with this complaint always do is make a spurious argument about usability – that wonderfully nebulous term that means different things to different people. “Linux just isn't as usable as Windows or OS X,” they'll say. When asked to backup their complaint with evidence, they don't bother to reply.

How about the fact Linux has barely 1% of the market. If Linux was truly so great then was is there not wider acceptance. I could go on but you get the picture. Unfortunately, this is the typical condescending attitude you find in Linux land. The simple truth is Windows is easier too use the Linux. Period.

Perhaps if Linux people were nicer there would be broader appeal of the OS but I won't hold my breath.

But hey keep writing your books Mr. Thomas someone might buy them.