All too often I hear the phrase, if only Linux would do such'n'such like windows then it would be more popular. Generally those type of remarks only come from windows users. These are the type of people who have a look at Linux, play around with it for a bit and then say it is no good because the menu is too different. They then complain loudly and make demands that Linux be made more "user friendly", ie. more like windows.

That is not going to happen. People will try and make Linux like windows but they don't get much support. How many of you have heard of ReactOS? How active is that project? You can not even find any mention of it in Distrowatch's popularity page. The most popular distributions are also the most Linux flavoured ones.

Why this is the windows fan club will never understand. To them it is just an operating system because that is all windows is to them. Linux is more than just an operating system. Linux is a way of life.

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