The author doesnt get that while pretty much everyone wich try it loves linux , for a quite important category of people it's too much hassle for not enough rewards .

OK it's faster , but i dont see most basic users swears about the established fact that windows is slower . Nor do most of them care one bit about advanced security most of the time .

All they'll care about is their progs and games being innaccessible unless you jump through many hoops they dont want to deal with .

And that while some huge milestones were reached with graphic interfaces , it still aint good enough for the most basic users .
Quite frankly it run well , but you'll always hit some issue , just like on Windows or MacOS . The problem starts when for some of those , you gotta be knowledgable enough about linux , or spend a lots of time searching on forums .

Thins they are less required to do , beause well already used to windows of course , but mosr of all no need of text commands .

As an ex try installing some distribution on PS3 on an hdtv , you'll have to set the proper resolution by commands most of the time .

Another issue is many people are already lost at the choice of a distribution . You'll say like many Ubuntu .. but even then wich ubuntu ? Between Xubuntu , Kubuntu , Ubuntu etc... and no clear cut difference other than interfaces that jump at a newbie's eye .
Go to a forum ? They'll mostly tell him to just try the interface he wants and pick the one he likes. That's too much for soime users that dont even know what to pick between vista home , premium or ultimate :p

I use Linux to run my servers and then MS Office on the workstations. Linux is great at running severs but it's not as user friendly for the work and home like Windows or Mac. I would like to try a few Macs but after buying three I would be broke and out of business.

I couldnt use linux even if i wanted to. None of the software i use is supported. Neither are all games. Besides... windows appeals to me a lot more then linux, just like using it.

I have a laptop loaded up with vista. I never turn it off, just hybernate so I don't have to worry about how long it takes to boot up. Have had the system for 1 year and not one crash or instance where I had to re boot. I use it for internet, games, and blogging, so there is no reason to change, and like someone said before there seems to be no standard, there seem to be tons of different versions so I don't think it even matters, windows owns this market and I don't see it changing any time soon. I was smart enough not to jump into vista until most bugs were worked out. Just like i will do with windows 7, just like I have done with every windows system since 3.11 So to each there own, but I see no need to change.

wow everybody agrees to each other except one person that got a disagree.

Anyway, I have linux install in my ps3. I used it like 7 times and move on to windows 7. It is good and all but it is a headache to look for drivers and sh1t.

Dual-boot Ubuntu 9.04 / Vista here.

I use Vista for music creation program called Reason...and some PC gaming, and Ubuntu for everything else.

linux sucks and only little kids who want to pretend theyre 'cool computer geeks' use it.

Finally a useful toplist. I doesn't have anything to do with gaming, though, so...

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau