Chromebooks already own the market for pre-loaded, inexpensive computers that work with most hardware. Might it make sense to either load the Chromebook hardware with Linux or enhance the Android functionality of Linux?
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Might make sense, but just cannot see the happening!!!
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A I see, chromebooks come with very-very limited offline storage, something like 32GB EMMC, or somewhat better 64GB EMMC, as with Android Chrome OS [ / Flex ] it relies on to be connected and having all the users data online (in googleâs cloud of course).
That storage is simply too small for installing a distro and some apps, and have users data stored like we used to do it in /home.
Also, the horsepower of chromebooks lack a lotâŚ
Am I wrong?
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You are not wrong!!!
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You can dream, but the year of the Linux desktop will never come⌠Unless, perhaps, Microsoft is broken up.
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You just described myself. 
I am just like you, lazy and comfortable guy, who hates to be in hurry and under pressure. Just like you, I have kept a Windows 10 installation in a seperate disk and currently doing my works in it and side by side searching alternatives in Linux and learning those which I have found so far and trying to do my jobs with them. In fact I have to keep it in this way till I convert my clients to Linux.
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We did have something before microsoft DOS or windows
Remember
CPM
Or afterwards
CCPM
Then GEM from digital research
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âDREAMâ is the basis of every revolution and LINUX is not just an OS. LINUX IS A REVOLUTION which have shown people a way to free themselves from the grasp of the âSELFISH GIANTâ named Microsoft. I am telling you Linux has the potential to be the âDAVIDâ in the world of operating systems which can KILL the âGOLIATHâ Windows. I may not see that in my lifetime but it can happen. In India, the market share of Linux has raised to 16% where a few years back it was less than 1%. So, Windows will fade away and Microsoft fanboys will not be able to revive it.
Yes. Gary Kildall eventually killed himself because of Bill Gatesâ stealing of CP/M. Though Bill Gates got away with his crime and it cannot be proved today, but this allegation will never be erased from history.
There were a number of factors that played a role in the adoption of Windows over Apple, or Unix computers.
- IBM was the first to adopt an open hardware architecture for the IBM-PC, so other companies could develop devices for it, and even create variations on it, making the PC the most versatile and cost-effective platform available. Appleâs architecture is closed, you have to pay to develop hardware for it, so fewer companies did so.
- Companies were familiar with the IBM brand, and its reputation for producing dependable, and cost-effective equipment for business. Apple and Unix, not so much.
- Users became familiar with the PC (and Windows) from using it at work, so when they could afford one, they adopted it for home use.
- Perhaps most importantly, Windows is familiar, and easy to use. Unix is not.
There are probably many other factors to consider, but these are the ones that stick out for me, as I think over my history with PCs.
Ernie
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Sadly you are incorrect with how he died.
Gary Kildall - Wikipedia(%2F%CB%88k,computer%20scientist%20and%20microcomputer%20entrepreneur.
On July 8, 1994, at the age of 52,[10] Kildall sustained a head injury at the Franklin Street Bar & Grill, a biker bar in Monterey, California. The exact circumstances of the injury are unclear. Various sources have claimed he fell from a chair, fell down steps, or was assaulted because he had entered the establishment wearing Harley-Davidson leathers.Harold Evans, in They Made America, states that Kildall âstumbled and hit his headâ inside the premises, and âwas found on the floor.â
Following the injury, Kildall was discharged from the hospital twice. He was pronounced dead at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, on July 11, 1994.
An autopsy, conducted on July 12, did not conclusively determine the cause of death. Evans states that Kildallâs head injury triggered a cerebral hemorrhage, causing a blood clot to form inside the skull.
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âlazinessâ is a factor in why I use Linux - Iâm lazy - I hate doing repetitive shit - so I automate it - and - Shell scripts are still light years ahead of PowerShell (donât even bother mentioning âbatchâ files!). Light years ahead in functionality and elegance (i.e. readability). Sure, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but thereâs something âpleasantâ and âaestheticâ about seeing some reasonably well written bash or ksh in a syntax highlighted vi / vim session (or e.g. output of âbatâ command) - VS the ugliness of a PowerShell scriptâŚ
Most people who do use Windows, never touch PowerShell or Batch filesâŚ
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That is the issue. Linux is really ideal for people who write scripts or program .
Most users dont have those skills⌠so they look at the Linux DE and conclude âthis is no better ( or maybe worse) than windowsâ. They dont even see the best part of Linux
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I have not written any code in over 20 years ⌠no script⌠no powershell âŚ
No need for what i do every day
People should be encouraged to use linux, not for coding in any form, unless they want to or have a need. But because it offers a choice over microsoft products.
Linux offers an alternative, virus free, update almist when you want, applications for free that do the job dont need to list here all these advantages
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Part of the issue is mind share. The âcommon peopleâ consider a computer to equate Windows and Linux is more of a âgeekâ thing, if they even know about it at all.
Iâm a member of a writing group. All of them use Word on WIndows, simply because they donât know any better.
Developers go where the market is. Itâs a simple as that. If Linux had an 30% market share, you could bet Adobe and Autodesk would release their software for Linux.
The whole reason desktop Linux isnât taking off is because it lacks a âwhyâ, thereâs loads of projects doing âhowâ and âwhatâ, but not âwhyâ. So, when somebody comes along and asks âwhy should I use desktop Linux?â people donât have a convincing argument. No, âbecause itâs betterâ isnât a valid argument. Desktop Linux needs a selling point.
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I used to work in sales and marketing, one of my many teachers within the organisations used to tell me two things
People buy sausages, but really to sell them you have to dream the barbecue, the smell, the sun, the friendship, the dream of what sausages mean
People buy people
So with these thoughts in mind
We need a unique selling point, what you get out of linux that is better for your life.
Some great leader to inspire.
Then apple and you think
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
Guy Kawasaki
Tim Cook
Think microsoft
Bill Gates
Steve Ballmer
Amstrad
Alan Sugar
The list could go on and on for names with products as we will all have something in mind Disney, macdonalds,
Sport, cricket, football, swimming
Linux ?
Who and what
We all do our best and try hard , not a criticism just a comment.
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I think I understand this - this is something so far away from my own way of thinking, but heard so much about on different conferences I was there just to record the presentationsâŚ
So for Linux, what could be the âlifestyle feelingâ that âsellsâ it to people?
The slogan comes to my mind I saw at the Brixton motorcycles:
Any direction, as long as itâs your own
That fits Linux very well too, I think. As these words are occupied, something similar maybe for Linux? (Preference given to native english speakers 
)
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WHY do we (I mean here on this forum) use Linux?
Why? For all of us there was a selling point at some time, we just need to find the most common one, and the potentially most popular reason. And maybe one another, and then those are the optimal 3 reasons.
I remember from a presentation, that the seller needs to give 3 reasons for why to buy his item.
One reason is not convincing, 2 reason is better. 3 reasons sound to most people more convincing than just 2, but 4 reasons and more starts to cause disgust, and the buyer turns away.
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Unfortunately the best unique selling point is that it supports programmers⌠as a development environment, Linux and BSD are supreme. That limits it to less than 1% of the population.
You plonk a DE and some software on top of that, and expect everyone to join ship⌠they dont ⌠they cant find anything appealing ⌠as you say
One area Linux might try and conquer is the games enthusiasts ⌠there is a real opportunity to support gaming better than Windows does ⌠it should be possible⌠!inux is very configureable
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To be blunt - and truthful - my perspective?
Other than the SteamDeck - I donât see Linux desktops getting traction in the marketplaceâŚ
To be even more blunt? I donât really give a sh_t either⌠the greater the market share - the greater the risk of malignant entities targetting itâŚ
If fixing broken shit in a terminal session isnât your thing - then bugger off back to MS Windows⌠If Windows is your thing - good on you!
Iâm happy with my NIX system - the main thing for me is the shell âwhere thereâs a shell, thereâs a wayâŚâ.
And it was such a relief when my eldest daughter started working for Apple and we got rid of EVERYTHING Microsoft in our house - except for the youngest daugher - who got an Xbox (they both use it). No MS Windows in my houseâŚ
Each to their own⌠I love my ksh/bash/zsh shell - and thatâs where I prefer to fix thingsâŚ
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