[tmptmp]

This. The craze of trying to get Linux on desktop is harming the core of it. Average Joe doesn't care for Linux even though he/she may need it and that's because average Joe doesn't even know that they need Linux for reasons like privacy, better protection from viruses as compared to MS.

The Linux distro people should concentrate more on making the core better than focusing inordinate amounts of efforts on the desktop. Although, gnome is not direct part of Linux, it comes to my mind for a related reason. The efforts spent on going from gnome2 to gnome3 would have been better spent on making gnome2 apps better.