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Well, I’d say you sample is biased.

I’ve been an experienced PC user since there were PC’s. I’ve tried several different distributions over a long period of time. And the biggest factor of all is that I’ve always wanted to use something other than Windows.

I’ll also add once again, that the small market share of Linux after all these years coupled with the fact that it’s free supports my experience.

46 posted on 06/02/2015 6:43:27 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)

Small market share? Only in the Microsoft-controlled desktop market. Linux is the majority OS in the smartphone market (Android is Linus, if you weren't aware). Linux far and away exceeds Windows as the majority OS for network appliances (intrusion detection systems, load balancers, web servers, etc.). The main reason Microsoft is the leader on the desktop is the contracts it got the major PC manufacturers to sign that preclude them from offering any devices without Windows installed on them. As for my sample being biased, you're operating from a sample of one--that's about as biased as it gets.