Criticism of Linux

The first-generation Nexus 7 tablet running Android, an operating system using the Linux kernel. While Linux-based operating systems are in common use in tablet computers, they are less frequently adopted as desktop computers.

The criticism of Linux focuses on issues concerning use of operating systems which use the Linux kernel.

While the Linux-based Android operating system dominates the smartphone market in many countries,[1][2] and Linux is used on the New York Stock Exchange and most supercomputers,[3] it is used in few desktop and laptop computers.[4] Much of the criticism of Linux is related to the lack of desktop and laptop adoption, although as of 2015 there has been growing unease with the project's perspective on security and its adoption of systemd has been controversial.[5][6]

  1. ^ "IDC: Smartphone OS Market Share". www.idc.com.
  2. ^ "Gartner Says Tablet Sales Continue to Be Slow in 2015". 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. ^ Jorge Ribas (5 November 2015). "The kernel of the argument". Washington Post. Fast, flexible and free, Linux is taking over the online world. But there is growing unease about security weaknesses.
  4. ^ "NetMarketShare Desktop Operating System Market Share". Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ^ Timberg, Craig (5 November 2015). "The Kernel of the Argument". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. ^ Hoffman, Chris (31 October 2014). "Meet systemd, the controversial project taking over a Linux distro near you". PCWorld. Retrieved 19 January 2016.