[ Thanks to John
Thompson for this link. ]
“Until recent years, Linux enjoyed the image of being the
operating system of geeks and kernel hackers. This was because
Linux was designed from the very beginning by the geeks, for the
geeks. Casual and mainstream users found Linux commands and
configuration files to be too cryptic and difficult. This was
complemented by the fact that, being open source, different vendors
used these configuration files differently. They also provided
distribution-specific application frameworks. This resulted in some
compatibility issues when a software using distribution specific
APIs (Application Programming Interface) was used in a different
distribution. With growing awareness, this situation is slowly
changing. This phenomenon called Fragmentation is still a big
problem as far as Linux on mobile devices is concerned. This raises
the big question: Why should Linux be used in mobile
phones…?”