13 Mar
2013
13 Mar
'13
1:50 p.m.
On Wed, March 13, 2013 11:10 pm, Louigi Verona wrote:
I personally use kdenlive right now and it suits my
simple needs very
well.
Actually,
for the first time on Linux I am quite happy with basic video editing.
As for Ralf's prediction of everyone jumping on Linux, I think this is not
happening in
the near future - if ever. The percentage of desktop Linux usage is
very-very low, even to
this day. The highest number I ever heard was 10% and it was the only time
I heard it. The
rest of the numbers are always within 5%. And while none of these polls
are
accurate,
I do see that Linux Desktop, in spite of its wonderful progress, is
nowhere
even near mass
adoption.
Those numbers are absolutely incorrect.
In fact, even if we magically get all the software
everyone needs right
now, the adoption would
be slow.
There are more people using Linux variants in China than the whole
population of the USA...
A lot of long term Linux users keep windows machines around only because
they like to play games. That tide is turning now for desktop gamers with
Steam for Linux.
In addition the whole gaming market is getting right royally reamed by the
mobile gaming market. With Android dominating in that space too.
There are a lot more people using Linux for daily use than the official
statistics are allowing for. Anyone who bought a dual boot machine is only
counted as running that other OS for example. Often when people buy a
barebones system running a variant of Linux they are not even counted.
Anyhow with Android, ChromeOs, Amazon Kindle, FirefoxOS, Samsung getting
behind Tizen again and Huawei making a massive push it is safe to say that
Linux on the desktop has arrived. Just not in the form that all the PC
dinosaurs were hoping for ;-)
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd