Does Ubuntu can rivalize with window in the near futur ?

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Nickelbackro said:

Linux won't be viable as a desktop unless microsoft allows OEM's to install linux as an option on every computer (not just special linux only models with bad hardware). And not requiring OEM's to pay for a licence whether a computer has windows or not(not sure if that is still the case, i know it used to be).

People use the OS thats comes with their computer about 98% of the time because most people don't know or want to know how to shrink an NTFS partition and setup linux swap and an ext3 partition. Thats the sad truth, becuase i've seen people who have computers that can't even defrag them (more people are like that than you think).

Yes.  These are both good points.

Lets face it a lot of people who use computers do not know or care how to use or find all its features, they want to turn it on do whatever and turn it off when they have finished.

Say defrag, drivers or perform a windows update and they look at you funny!  And this is an OS they are familiar with!

Offering them Linux just confuses them even more! sudo-h