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Story: Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
Linux-based netbooks returned
Historically there is a gap between Linux & Windows.
People got used to Windows's interface, for example my parents (that's an example lol) have used Linux (Suse, Mandriva ...) but they are completely lost by the file system, tools, installing softwares, components ...
In the meantime they appreciate Firefox, Thunderbird ...
Another gap is : marketing.
Windows has always been criticized but its presence is worldwide and has always claimed to be user-friendly whereas Linux talks about "liberty". Linux is well-known by technical and IT specialists rather than the common person.
Not only Linux faces this problem, what about Mac !
Ok, there is the iphone & ipod but if we stick to notebooks then it is obvious that Windows takes a large advance.
Finally, even if some efforts have been made by the open source community there are too many Linux-based systems :
Fedora, Redhat, Suse, Mandriva, Slackware ...
How can you target common users who have been used this last decade by Windows ?
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