Oh, great. Yet another "oh-why-won't-they-switch-to-our-superior-OS" discussion. You guys just don't seem to get this. It doesn't matter how low you price Linux or where you market it in the retail channel. Even at zero dollars, it is not seeing any real adoption by desktop users. Until you can get developers to target popular applications that people actually use (not dust-bin rejects) at Linux -- and you improve Linux ease-of-use -- desktop adoption rates won't change. Where are the popular games? Popular finance software? Linux wireless support is crap. So is application setup. Blah, blah, blah ...
Not true at all. Xandros configured my laptop and installed all the drivers for me without my having to do anything. So Linux has come a long way from its early days when it was hard to install and you had to learn a lot of command-line strings to run it. All you need to do today is click and point a mouse. And Ark is the nicest little unzipping utility I've ever seen. Getting folders set up is a breeze. And of course, no viruses, worms, or spyware to worry about. Plus, open source ensures improvements will keep coming long making Linux even better. What's the best thing about Linux? The stability! If you shut off your computer without going through the shutdown process, it will still protect the files and keep them where they are. A level of protection even Windows doesn't have!