And we don't have any other desktop OSes which are ready for prime time.
People keep saying that, but how often is it really true these days?
As a professional software developer, the tools available on UNIXy platforms are already much better in many cases than the Windows ports.
For a typical home user who is mostly interested in things like email and social networking, and maybe needs to write up some notes or do a quick household budget spreadsheet or basic photo editing, there is capable software available on any serious desktop platform today.
It's true that gaming lags behind, though there has been useful progress there in recent times, but lots of people game on dedicated consoles or on their mobile devices anyway now.
Are you sure you're not just repeating dogma that is well out of date by now?
People keep saying that, but how often is it really true these days?
As a professional software developer, the tools available on UNIXy platforms are already much better in many cases than the Windows ports.
For a typical home user who is mostly interested in things like email and social networking, and maybe needs to write up some notes or do a quick household budget spreadsheet or basic photo editing, there is capable software available on any serious desktop platform today.
It's true that gaming lags behind, though there has been useful progress there in recent times, but lots of people game on dedicated consoles or on their mobile devices anyway now.
Are you sure you're not just repeating dogma that is well out of date by now?