Linux is well known for not
working up to expectations, but you know there are simple things that
the distro makers can do to eliminate this inconvenience for ever.
It's some thing that already exists but has not been perfected.
Distributions are available for different architectures, some will run on a 32 bit and other on a 64 bit processor, and this creates the stability and makes things easier for the user to install and use a distributions based on yhis feature they understand.
Distributions are available for different architectures, some will run on a 32 bit and other on a 64 bit processor, and this creates the stability and makes things easier for the user to install and use a distributions based on yhis feature they understand.
Now most hardware is
different and the one challenge Linux has is to make it's OS's to run
without any trouble in all hardware, but this is not a realistic
goal. Because even Microsoft cant run on all hardware, well you cant
install windows on you Play station device can you.
Why is Android
successful__its simple 1. it's because it come preinstalled with the
device you purchase whether its a phone or tablet, so you get it out
of the box, but another important reason is that android is already
made to work on that particular hardware. Its like this the Play
Station (Hardware) has been made to work on the installed software
and there is no it can't crash or have challenges of the magnitude
Linux is having.
Now image this, If Linux was
making their own Hardware and preinstalling the Linux distributions
with that hardware, it would be an instant success no doubt.
Have every version of you
distro configured to work on specific Hardware and specify in the
website which packages come preinstalled on each. Let me explain
feather, currently before you download an ISO image of a distribution
you have a couple of choices based on your Hardware namely x86 or
x86_64 I'm saving take that even feather and specify the monitor type
and monitor, the hard-drive including RAM and even other output
devices like your speaker and printer.
This would create a lot of
ISO images to choose from but it this would be be made simple as
well.
So on the website you can
have a list of all hardware that is supported and have the user
search then tip the ones relevant to his hardware needs, this will
display the distribution that will work in your system. You choose
that and you're good to go
Again if its stability we
are after and not just availability then then we have to make sure
that we stop inconveniencing users out there. And start taking Linux
users seriously.
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