If you like Android you should embrace Linux?

As time has passed and I have been experimenting with both my smart phone and tablets, I have come to one conclusion, people really love their Android OS. The amount of apps and Roms available for Android driven devices are astonishing. Android is hot and it is by far the most successful Linux based OS to ever reach the masses.

Yes, Surprise!, Andorid is a Linux based OS. You have been using a Linux flavor everyday ever since you started using your Android phone, Congratulations! So why haven't you looked in to various flavors of Linux Operating Systems as your OS for home use. The Asus Transformer has done just that, some what. It is a Android tablet when you need it to be and it is a top heavy netbook when you need that laptop feel, a mouse pad and a keyboard. The real difference is in the apps, no need to surf over to facebook or tweeter to see what is going on. All you have to do is download an app and your favorite site is just a click away. No more broken internet links or slow loading web pages.

I for one think that Windows realizes that Android can easily make the transfer to laptops and desktops, their by creating a genuine threat to Windows. Windows 8 seems to be the Microsoft answer to this new threat but is it too late? The Nokia 900 Windows phone was released with praises but people are not converting to the windows phone. It appears that windows phone is smoking something but it isn't the competition. I for one would like a windows phone but after fiddling with my android devices, I must say that if Windows doesn't allow me to mod it to my liking,  it will not be my primary phone. In fact it may just become a novelty item in the end. And it isn't just the end users that aren't jumping on the Windows band wagon, the app developers are also opting out. You would imagine people would flock over from Androids over saturated market but it has not been the case.

So this posses the next question, are the masses ready to embrace Linux for their laptops or desktops? Well Android has done what every great Linux distro has not been able to accomplish. It is Linux for dummies. It is simple, you turn it on, you download apps and you launch them. How much simpler can you get?

It is obvious that Linux has a foot in the door with Android and it is up to Linux to bust the door down. Windows is late to the game and this may be the chance Linux has been waiting for. If Linux could come out with a Distro that looks and feels like Android for desktops and laptops, it may be even easier for people to make the transition but If you feel you are ready to see what Linux has to offer and want to see how Linux runs on your Laptop or desktop, you can try it before you commit to it. The universal usb installer is a program that can load a Linux Distro on to any USB stick and all you have to do is boot off of it and it will load Linux from the usb stick without modifying your current system. BTW, I recommend Linux Mint.  Go here to download the Universal-USB-Installer

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

I must mention, that though Android is a Google project and Google has Chrome/Chromium OS, it is not for the faint of heart to try to install but it appears that it could be the OS of the future, a Web based OS  but only time will tell.

Good luck and may the force be with you!

ITRobelo