Linked by Sean Oliviero on Wed 28th Jul 2004 05:54 UTC
The promise of Desktop Linux (DL) has been long coming. It's made significant progress since the mid-90s when GNOME and KDE came out, giving Linux users a somewhat modern desktop to work upon. However, it's been 7 years and DL hasn't progressed much at all since then. Today, DL is still nothing more than a UNIX-clone with a task bar, a start menu, and a desktop with some icons on it. But why has DL evolved at such a glacial pace?
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If you don't like Linux, if you find it unusable, don't use it.
You, like everybody else who contributes nothing but constant whining, won't be missed.
If you honestly would like to see Linux succeed on the desktop, then do something useful - file bug reports, join user communities and make it crystal clear what is is the 'masses' want, or get off your ass and learn to code.
Scratch your itch. Thats how it has to happen.
And it's the only way it's going to happen. Spare me your 'I don't have enough time, or I don't know how, or I don't see why i should need to'.
Thats just utterly irrelevant, either you personally make the choice to help, or you deal with the fact that nobody really gives a crap about what you want, and any support you get will be from companies who think they can make money from you eventually.
Basically, you might as well stick with Windows, because theres nothing for you in 'Linux Land'.