There are now too many equipments that are using linux OS as the primary OS. There are many more users now than before who are using linux. I feel there is one thing that is keeping lot of users away.
We have seen enough Linux/Android phones, what is really important is now to sync my mobile contacts, calendar with either KMail,KOrganizer or Thunderbird or Evolution from these phones over the USB or bluetooth or wifi.
We also need a MP3 player like iPod or Creative Zen that will have out of the box support to sync music with Amarok or Rhythmbox or Banshee or Songbird. The current implementation is pretty hacked one. I.e. Songs are not placed in appropriate folders, playlists are kept on different folder. My tagging from music organizers needs to sync with player, my rating should be maintained, the playcount on both should be synced. Also i dont see much of the players supporting ogg file format this player must support mp3, wma and ogg all three formats.
The server side of linux needs one solution that can be quickly configured as replacement for MS exchange. Rather the way Linux Server Disk ship LAMP same way these exchange alternatives should be shipped on the disk. I have seen couple of MS Exchange alternatives but still they are far from replacement. Also they need to be free and easy to integrate with Evolution, KOrganizer, Thunderbird. The admin has to take minimum efforts to install the server.
We have seen in the past how iPod helped Apple to boost the sales of Apple computers, infact it worked like a saviour for them and later iPhone did the killing impact. Making itself a de-facto in phone industry. On the same line I expect linux community to go.
In the end I'll say we need lot of gazets that has linux and are happily working well with linux based tools and apps. Equally important some company really need to focus on these gazets and market them well.
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