
They really don't care if it gets good enough to make it onto your desktop, so long as it stays good enough to remain on theirs. The oh-so-common threats of "Linux will never take over the desktop unless it does such-and-such" are simply irrelevant: The Linux community isn't trying to take over the desktop. Select the target USB drive from the device menu before clicking on the Write to Disk button: Figure 3-3 Once the image has been written to the device, the device is ready to be used to perform the installation. The point is to make Linux the best OS that the community is capable of making. lsblk Checking the partitions It is sdb1 in my case. If that results in Linux becoming the basis of a multi-billion dollar industry, then that's great. You have to connect your hard drive to the system and check its name. If that results in Linux having the most intuitive, user-friendly interface ever created, then that's great. If that results in Linux becoming a hugely popular OS, then that's great. Linux does not have the goal of being the most popular and widespread OS on the planet.Īll the Linux community wants is to create a really good, fully-featured, free operating system. Linux does not have shareholders, or a responsibility to the bottom line. Linux is not in competition with Windows and 'we' aren't out to interest anyone. Continue reading to discover how to do so.


Installing your hard disk consists of initializing and formatting your hard drive for the first time. I still think Linux has not matured enough for the average user, until it is it will be hard to get people interested, If you have purchased a new hard disk but do not see it in your Control Panel, the issue may be because you have not yet installed the hard disk.
