I just built (from scratch) 12 Linux servers since I posted this thread. They are fully built and configured, joined to the domain, and jsut about ready for the customer to start using them.
I don't build hobbyist computers. I'm in the datacenter where the real power is.
Yes. One of my friends had several computers at his home office hosting sites and a couple of them were Linux.
When I say Linux users are hobbyists, I mean users who don’t actually do it for a living. I’m thinking of the end consumer that does something non-computer related for a living. Heck, that even includes us in IT. I use the Microsoft suite, Silverlight, Sql Server and, of course, Command and Conquer Generals.
For those of us that want to use VPN or VDI to work from home, Want to do our taxes and use photoshop and video software, and surf the internet, Linux tends to add a layer of complexity, especially when something is not working right.
And after all that, I confess that I may be coming from a position of ignorance. But I no longer build my computers from scratch, which means I don’t have a OS original disk. If I were to install Linux and it went south, i’d be looking at spending a lot of time to get stuff back in order. So I take an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” attitude.
Now that I think about it, I do have two desktops collecting dust in the shed. I should give this a try on one of them...