Linked by Ben Mazer on Mon 26th Jan 2004 19:52 UTC
Lately, there has been a "Why linux isn't ready for the desktop" article every 3 days. Most of the time, these articles originate from a lack of understanding or acceptance of the open source system. I'd like to try to address some of the common arguments against linux here, and try to help people understand why linux probably won't be on your desktop for a while.
Permalink for comment
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
I think one of the biggest things holding linux back from greatness is a universal installer. If you're in Windows and you download an application, you open up the folder on the desktop, click on it, and it installs. Simple as that. You don't have to figure out if it's the right one for your distro, go through dependency hell, or compile the source using the command line. Autopackage is moving along nicely and hopefully people will start writing programs to take advantage of it and then the distros will start incorporating it into their products. Until then, the packaging systems are much too varied and fragmented for linux to be accepted.