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.
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> 1) Software installation.
I have installed many applications on MDK Linux by just pointing and clicking.
Once urpmi is set up, I find a rpm file and click on it. Instead of clicking on save, I click on "open". It opens up "software installer" automatically, and it just a matter of entering the root password and clicking on OK...
> upcoming distros with KDE 3.2, kernel 2.6, the latest Open
> Office, etc are going to absolutely rule, but the RH8 and
>9 distros are available NOW
Late Feb or Mar for MAndrake, KDE 3.2 and Kernel 2.6 are literally a few weeks away!
It was a year ago, (I'm 47 Months windows free), that I finally realized how ready Linux is getting. And my test of setting a non geek friend up with linux proved very successful, I offered to set him up with win, and he said NO!
So if you think that it's nat ready for grandmother yet, give it another look...
MarkP