What you're missing is that the people just now trying Linux are
not "we". "We" buy our computers to run Linux. Everyone else
buys their computers to "do stuff." Whichever does a better job
of what they want to do, Windows or Linux or whatever, is what
they're going to use.
I'm struggling with this myself at the moment. I'm a Linux user and have
been for 5 years, and recently decided I want to make some videos. I am
delving into Linux audio and video and finding lots of great work and
interesting projects, but ... I just want to make videos, not spend a good
deal of my time fiddling with Linux AS WELL AS making videos.
So I'm considering MacOS X just to get the work done, hopefully I can
focus primarily on the product I want to create and not the tools I use to
create it. Whatever happens, I'll also continue to use Linux where I can
and encourage others to do so wherever appropriate, and to learn as much
as I can about audio/video on Linux.
Somebody today told me about a perspective on Linux that supposedly
originated with Mark Shuttleworth:
There are 3 levels of Linux use -
(1) basic web, email, word processing etc
(2) professional activities requiring use of more specialised software and
hardware
(3) high-end scientific/engineering stuff
In his opinion, Linux is great for levels 1 and 3, it is in level 2 that a
lot of frustration is found. I think audio/video is a level 2 activity.
Anyway,
Mick
