LinuxDuck

No, that appears to be about right http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-...re.aspx?qprid=8 http://www.robertnyman.com/2008/09/18/oper...are-prediction/ http://getclicky.com/global-marketshare-statistics I would disagree, it's lucky to be as high as it is. Linux needs a hell of a lot of work yet, if it is to have any hope of even remotely taking it to Windows. It needs to be able to do everything Windows can do (bring on the virus jokes) and do it as well, ie, same functionality, same performance and most importantly of all, same ease of use, as Windows does. And just a note on the Virus/Security issue, here's a quote "In practical respects, from the point of view of the individual end-user, a typical modern Linux system is only marginally more ’safe’ from malware ‘attacks’ than a typical modern Windows system." You may or may not except this, and you may not of heard of the author, his name is Adam Williamson, here's the link. http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/01/20/on-linux-security/ Security is more so up to the user, I mean if you keep everything up to date, don't go opening every Email and attachment that comes your way, don't click on every little thing that pops up in your browser, and don't go visiting questionable sites, and downloading questionable software/files etc, you'll be fine, common sense goes a long way, however, do the opposite, and you've only got yourself to blame. I've been using Windows (as well as Linux) since 1997, never once had a problem with virus/spyware/malware whatever you want to call it, no firewalls before XP, and then only the inbuilt one, only free AV's. To me it's not even an issue. Anyway, It has to have the same hardware support as Windows does, yeah, yeah, Linux has the best Hardware detection of any OS, bla, bla. Tell me, whats the good of being able to detect all that hardware, when after it is set up, the performance is so bad that it makes you want to eat your shorts, look no further than Graphic cards, sound cards etc. Then you got the software, well, yeah, Linux Distro's do come with a lot of software bundled in, and available with a couple of clicks of the mouse via the distro's repo's, however, what good is that to anyone, in my experience, most of the software is buggy, feature poor, far from what I would call fully functional, and usually in Beta state at best. When you take this software, and compare it to what is available for Windows, either commercial or free, well, it just doesn't compare, it's as simple as that. Linux has a long, long way to go, oh, although I personally have no problem with it, most people really don't want to see the Konsole/terminal EVER