Why does LinuxPC not call a seat? Difficult for consumers to purchase

Article Title: Why does LinuxPC not call a seat? It is difficult for consumers to purchase. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.
Although mainstream computer vendors such as IBM, HP, and Dell have been searching for alternatives comparable to Windows for many years, most computers running Linux are enterprise servers and expensive workstations.
　　
To find an entry-level home PC without Windows XP installed, you may need to carefully search for a large number of websites. Want to buy Linux or? It is difficult for the consumer to get a satisfactory response from the system. According to Roger, an analyst in the PC industry, major vendors do not support Linux clients.
　　
Matthew, CEO of Red Hat, said the popularity of open source software in the industry has not reached the level he expected. Red Hat has only one Linux product for specific applications. Speaking at the Vortex conference, Matthew said that Linux is not a good choice in the industry.
　　
Consumers can purchase and install Linux on their own. Best Buy sells Novell's Suse Linux 59.95 for $10.0, and Linspire provides its own Linux version for $99.99, walmart sells Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES v.3.0 Basic Edition at a price of $348. of course, consumers can also download an open-source operating system copy from the Internet.
　　
Obviously, Windows still dominates the PC world. According to the latest figures released by IDC, in 2003, 94.4% of PCs and other hosts run Windows, and Apple's Mac OS ranked second with 3.2% of the market share; linux ranks third with 1.4% of the shares; DOS and other operating systems account for 1% of the remaining shares.
　　
IDC said that in the past 10 years, the sales volume of desktops was about 0.8285 billion, most of which were running some version of Windows. But this does not mean that Linux is still a bystander. IDC predicts that Linux will continue to eat into the Windows market in the next few years.
　　
IDC said in a research report in 2004 that sales of PCs running Linux would reach $2008 by 10 billion. It also predicts that the entire Linux value chain will increase by 25.9% each year, reaching $2008 by 35.7 billion, of which $14 billion is complete software, $10 billion is PC, and $11 billion is server.
　　
Although the argument about breaking Windows's strong position at the LinuxWorld conference two years ago is still strong, the voice of Linux running on desktops is getting weaker and weaker, the manufacturers had to "sweep the snow in front of the door.
　　
At present, there are only a few non-Microsoft-type home PCs on the market. Desktop Linux only occupies 1%-3% of the market. He pointed out that users who buy Linux PCs are not impulsive. they generally have a good understanding of technology and know what they need.
　　
Purchasing non-Windows PCs from mainstream PC vendors is a tough process. Dell's website provides a lot of information about Windows running PCs, but the PCs pre-installed with open-source operating systems are invisible.
　　
Using "open source" (open source) to search on Dell's website, you will find N series of desktops. You just got a similar answer by phone with the Dell service representative.
　　
Dell spokesman Saint Anne said Dell will continue to evaluate the supply of its open-source operating system PC as needed. The search results for Gart and Lenovo's U.S. websites are similar to those of Dell.
　　
HP is the only mainstream provider of non-Windows operating system PCs except Dell, but such machines are not consumer-oriented but workstation products.
　　
Hewlett-Packard said it sells 0.1 million Linux desktops worldwide each quarter, and overseas sales are better than domestic sales. Alibaba said that the company's interest in Linux clients is growing, especially outside North America. For example, Linux is growing at 40% in China. HP will meet the needs of customers in these markets.
　　
Although it is difficult for American consumers to purchase non-Window PCs, it is much easier for consumers in Europe, Asia, and Japan to do so.