Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 11th Jul 2008 22:30 UTC, submitted by pas de calais
"Recently a blog post entitled 'Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy' has come across my feed-radar a few times. It's yet another in the long line of 'Linux ain't ready yet' jeremiads and it doesn't really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?" Ryan Cartwright at Freesoftware Magazine is on fine form with this wonderfully splenetic broadside. Read the full tirade at FSM.
Permalink for comment 322604
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Recent Original Stories
Recent Comments
Headlines
Random Comments
Random Stories
Random OS Link
Member since:
2006-01-23
It's fine to not agree with someone else but ranting about it doesn't help, unless you feel better doing it.
The point is (repeatedly) taken that what you get in a Linux distribution is the work of volunteers, and possibly a few professionals.
If you're using a Linux distribution in the office, it's not a problem. In fact, they're likely better than using Windows for the most part.
Home usage is where it falls (a bit) short, depending on distribution. My point-and-click experiment with Ubuntu has left me interested but hoping for some reality to creep into the big picture.
Yes, I know that they're volunteers but I still want things to work properly and so does the non-technical buyer who would be thrilled to save hundreds of dollars on a computer pre-loaded with some distribution of Linux.
I can forgive the volunteers for not being able to do certain things, but in the end, it has to work. Apparently, the author doesn't see that.