Linux: Of Poor PR and End User Consideration (Score 2, Interesting)

I disagree that the time has past for the Linux Desktop - People will always consider an alternative. Rather, the issue is twofold: Foremost - when was the last time you saw a Linux advertisement that was in the local flyers from BestBuy/etc? Word of mouth is the best advertising, but the geek market tends to only talk to itself which renders word of mouth almost useless for the market intended to reach. Secondly - a major of the OS apps out there are betas compared to what one sees on Windows. Poor installers (much less uninstallation), meagre documentation, dependency issues... All stop Joe Average when confronted with these realities. To ever make a competitive desktop, these need to be addressed. Until that time, Linux will continue to be the elitist OS of choice.