Linked by Mystilleef on Mon 29th Sep 2003 06:30 UTC
Linux will become ubiquitous in the year 3000. Okay, that was a horrible joke. Linux is just a kernel, the engine that runs an operating system. By itself, it is essentially useless. Kernels shouldn't be discussed or noticed by normal users. And as such when providing these users with reviews, previews and "professional" opinions, computer consultants, computer reviewers and computer journalists should not spew headlines like "Linux is not ready for prime time", "Linux on the desktop by XXX", "Linux to takeover Windows", "Linux is not ready for desktop" and so on.
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Honestly what's so hard about some of these things you're talking about? I just sent that "automagic" email. I opened up evolution, typed part of my friend's name into the "To:" field, selected his name from the drop-down box that appeared, filled in the subject, typed my email, and hit "send."
There. That wasn't so hard now was it?
If you want exactly what you're talking about, throw on RedHat 9 and go get Ximian Desktop 2. RedHat's beautiful install combined with Gnome's top-grade interface and Ximian's polish puts linux as number three among the other heavyhitters (MS and Apple).