Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 16th Dec 2005 22:28 UTC
"Linux works. This is a very matter-of-fact statement, but it is one many people (myself included) make every day when they boot up their computers. It is not a perfect product, it would not be sensible to expect something as complex as an operating system to be flawless, but fact remains that Linux does work. On the software side of things the open source community has done a very good job of making this clear, but the other half of computing, hardware, this movement has not been as successful. Every day Linux users encounter driver and compatibility issues which Windows users have not had to deal with for years."
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2005-07-06
Even if I partially agree with the article, I have to add something. If you need a quite box that does the daily home stuff almost any Linux distribution is perfect and runs smooth :
Browse Internet
Read/Write e-Mail
Chat
Work out some documents
Have fun with your photos and Digital Camera
Video capture (Kino)
Digital Music collection (mp3-ogg)
Burn your DVD/CD
When you want to do more, i.e. DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) you have complex setup to be made
(Alsa,Jack and the like) that is not really thought for the average user. Games are out of scope here, I tend to prefer a Playstation over a PC for many reasons.