Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 9th Nov 2004 20:49 UTC
"Desktop Linux is almost soup. We only have a few items left on the short list. Will we do it? If history is an indicator, the answer is yes." Read this article at LXer. Read more for a short list of my personal needs before I could say "yes, I can switch to Linux or FreeBSD full time".
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2. Outside the illicit codec packs for xine/mplayer there really aren't any options except apple/microsoft deciding to support linux. Things like Sorensen are patented, no corporate distro will touch support with a 10 foot pole.
6. Use the best tool for the job. If you're not dealing with photos and are doing something involving text, simple graphics, etc. Use Inkscape instead, its proved far more mature than Sodipodi for me, and has replaced a good part of the gimp's functionality, I just wish that it had an interface more like the gimp's. I don't know how many times I've clicked on a tool in one window, used it, and then clicked on another document window to use it.
There is a need though for a simple photo editor for common simple uses. A easy one click way to remove red eye, combine multiple images into a panorama, etc. I have a feeling that the reason this hasn't happened is that these features are patented. There are apps that can do one or the other of these features, but they exist under the radar, and aren't going to be included in commercial distros because of the patent issue.
9. This is a hardware issue, and needs as much work from the Linux ACPI maintainers as it does from the hardware manufacturers.
10. I agree completely. I keep a SB Live around simply because of this issue. I really hope we see this before the 2.8.x kernel.