Anecdotal
I get the distinct impression that most Linux users, are people who hate Apple and MS "with a vengeance".
Where the H.. you get this stupid Idea, aside of few nerds, Most Linux users don't hate Microsoft or Apple. may be some hate Microsoft , But a vengeance ????? For sure many of them like the free side of Linux.
Anecdotal for sure.
Every Linux user I
personally know, hates Windows (e.g. my lecturers, my fellow students & my housemate).
The only things they hate more than Windows, are Apple and Ubuntu.
My Linux lecturer's OS ranking:
- Fedora
- Windows 7
- Ubuntu
- OSX
You obviously don't visit many forums.
When I visit other forums, there are always multiple Linux and Mac users, "rabbiting on" about things that are wrong with Windows.
BTW, most of the so-called "problems" they rant about, haven't existed since the end of W98.
I use Ubuntu 10 for certain tasks, but I prefer to use W7.
I find that I have to use the Terminal more often than I'd like (e.g. trying to install software that isn't in the Repository).
Every business I've seen has lots of Desktops (the same is true at TAFE).
Laptops are seen as luxury/status item, which is why management seem to be the only ones with access to them.
Luxury ? .. a good and decent Dell notebook cost only $ 500, more and more business purchase Notebook.
Again, anecdotal for sure.
At my last job, the business had about 40 desktops and 5 laptops.
TAFE has 100's of desktops, but I have only seen one laptop (I'm sure that there are others).
Certain businesses obviously would be different (i.e. mobile salesperson).
They'd have mostly laptops.
One of my friends, measures microwave radiation from radio towers, he uses a laptop to record the data.
Then there are the (choose your flavor) Linux users who are sick of having to run dual boot to do anything and of having to fight like dogs to find freaking drivers. They'll try win 8 just because it's so much less resource intensive that Win 7, and they won't have much trouble figuring out the controls because all they have to do is watch a couple youtube videos.
oh boy you certainly have not try Linux recently, I install it on may recent motherboard without a single drivers issue. Aside dual boot ??? you never ear about VM, I don't use dual boot since 2 years. Look on this pic , I run Windows 7 with this tread open on 1 monitor and Pinguy Linux on the second one, all at the same time, all in the same PC, Do you think Youtube is only for Windows ? I can't tell you, If I don't want to spend a single cent on Windows 8 , Linux users will not do also for sure. ( Actually I will have Windows 8 include with my technet subscription, so I will not pay extra for it, and I will use it only in my lab, so it's perfect with the technet license)
Indeed.
What does the OS have to do with watching YouTube?
Firefox runs on Linux distros and Windows.
It crashes occasionally on Windows, but I've never seen it crash on Ubuntu 10.
I can't really envisage any Linux users switching to W8.