If your assertion is that most people have never heard the words "Unix/Linux" or have heard them but don't know what they are then I would agree with you. If your assertion is that "Unix/Linux" PC systems are not mainstream then that is not true. About 11% of the PC market is "Unix/Linux" - about 9.5% is the Macintosh OS and about 1.5% is other various Linux distros. When you buy a Mac, and the vast majority of people have heard of a Mac, you are essentially buying a Linux system, whether you realize it not. Apple readily states the the Mac OS is Unix. Big box stores are only one place to buy PCs - and they do sell Macs. Go into BestBuy and say you want to buy a "Unix"-based PC - they will sell you a Mac. You can buy a Dell system with Linux installed.
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Originally Posted by fw102807
This is all true but I was referring to big box walk in and buy a PC options and Linux does not enjoy the same recognition as Windows and Mac. Not a lot of non technical people know anything about it. I didn't say it wasn't available, I said it was not mainstream.
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