in plain english gnu/linux is a divider. it divides the world into those people who will be under permanent spying and surveillance from the marketing industry, the software industry and the gov and those who wont. if you care bout that "desktop flop" isn't an issue at all, if you don't - well, your choice. the important question is: depending on your choice, are you "evolving" in the right "information-age-survival-direction" or don't you?