6 reasons Linux makes 'give up' Windows

Why is Microsoft Windows slow and expensive still dominating the operating system market, despite the superiority of Linux and the efforts of the open source community?

1. Comfort or

Sowing suspected or for users about competitors' products is a common tactic in the market - Microsoft is no exception. In order to keep its "unique" position in the OS market, the company litigates, drawing media attention, and thereby spreading doubts about "open source software quality" to users. usually, common, normal.

2. Real cooperation from hardware manufacturers

Installing and using open source operating systems is actually quite simple. But the hardest part - finding computer hardware drivers - makes many people give up as soon as they get used to the open source operating system.

Microsoft, by contrast, is "backed up" enthusiastically from hardware manufacturers. The product CD included always contains at least drivers for Windows. Even Linux users have rumors about some firms deliberately designing "faulty" products when they discover that they are using non-Windows operating systems!

If you are a regular user, unable to write your own drivers, you can only expect the "people in the industry" to surf online. But this solution seems to be less and less feasible, because there are so many different hardware, especially if you are using a "poisonous" product.

The Linux interface is just as beautiful as Windows Vista

3. Difficult to get used to

Windows users have to endure viruses, malware, etc. daily attack. But they have become familiar with them since Windows 3.1

Windows Vista users only use laptop batteries for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. But with a laptop installed Ubuntu (an open-source operating system), battery life increased . 3 hours !. But they are used to Windows.

Too familiar with a "traditional" product and afraid of change is an important factor making it difficult for the open source operating system to become popular.

4. Difficult to use

You are the only person using Linux at work. To send documents via internal LAN to Windows users, you must read dozens of manual pages, then tinker with the configuration file. Why take so much time to do it, while with Windows, just right-click on the file, choose share?

5. Little known

Almost every new computer shipped is preinstalled with Windows. Many people do not even know the existence of Linux. But the situation is improving thanks to companies like Dell of the US that introduce both Linux and Windows for customers to choose.

6. Not suitable for business users

Business objects account for a large proportion of Microsoft customers. This number of customers needs the most stability of the system, as well as good service for the job. Imagine millions of employees scratching their heads because they didn't see the Start button on the screen, a lot of money poured out to train how to use Linux instead of Windows, and so on. Linux seems cheap but not cheap - you have to "pay" knowledge to use the open source OS.

The above reasons show that Linux will continue to grow, but very slowly, and only limited to qualified people, or really like to "hold" for their PC. These problems cannot be resolved overnight, so open source software will be difficult to "take off" in the near future.