With the ease of installation, maintenance, and use of many recent Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu and Fedora, some are left wondering why Linux still isn’t more widespread. Here’s my theory. First, the home computer. People at home generally want to use an OS compatible with what they use at work. Linux isn’t at work, so it isn’t at home.

Linux also needs much better media and hardware support. If you could install Ubuntu and not have to fuss with video, sound or hardware settings, it would really take off.

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