OS X.
I manage about 100 Ubuntu servers at my job, and they're fine, but that's not the desktop model, it's the server model. I've tried using their desktop, and Unity, and while it's different from Metro, it's not a lot better in terms of function, for my opinion.
I dunno, man, Linux is wonderful, I use it every day and love it most of the time, but it's not Everyman's OS and never will be as long as Windows and OS X are around.
The opportunity for religious war is strong with this one. :)
the one that is not SaaS (see thread above)
let’s see... an operating system already installed on billions of computers or an obscure-named unix clone that sounds like an African mating ceremony?
Here’s the problem with Ubuntu: getting technical support in case something goes wrong. At least with Windows, there is a huge cadre of support people at various levels that can help you. And Windows will have way more hardware support than Ubuntu, also.
I really don’t understand the huge thing with phones and tablets. I use my phone as a phone, with minor traffic check/Rangers score updates. Minimal google searches as needed.
Tablets are toys. I see no actual use for them in the home environment, and little use for them in most work environments. There’s not much in between a laptop and a phone that can’t be filled by either. And by the time you kill your laptop specs to make a tablet, you essentially have an oversized phone.
Windows 8 attempted to bridge the software between laptops and phones. And what happened? People couldn’t power their computers off because the stupid Metro interface was extremely difficult to work with. I can understand having a core code that runs both, but there’s no reason to try to turn your phone into your desktop. Stupid.
But seriously, Windows 10 is going to be VERY successful. 100x more so than any distro of Linux.
Linux is a niche OS, I like it, but truth is, I used Windows far more often. Why? Because it works, and works well enough. And I am a tech/IT geek, the average person isn't even going to get a whiff of Linux.
Sigh. Yet another “death of the PC” article. Mini Coopers and Fiat 500s don’t eliminate the need for pickups and 18-wheelers, and slabs and watches and such won’t eliminate the need for PCs.
Yes, PC growth has leveled out as our dumbed-down society becomes a nation of information takers instead of information makers, but PCs will still be needed for commercial/business/industrial/government/military usage as well as for we few remaining information makers who will continue producing information for the masses to consume.
Ubuntu works fine for most ordinary daily tasks. I have it on my desktop and laptop. The main problem with it, however, is that it’s not “mainstream” so the big programs aren’t written for it.