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) Mplayer and totem/xine have always worked for me. I never watch quicktime trialers though.
3) Video chat in Aim was only recently introduced, and it sucks. Gnomemeeting is much better for video chat. Gaim is better than any windows im client, expecting it to support three different video protocols seems a bit picky.
4) I thought gnome pilot was good for palms, but I don't have one so I will take your word for it.
5) I will take your word for it
6) Im guessing Xpaint and Kpaint are too simple and the Gimp to advanced. Seems a bit picky for free apps.
7) Linux works fine with wifi, even my windows using friend was able to get ndis wrapper to work with his wifi. And most home users do not need an easy way to create a bridge with wifi. It is a nice feature in windows xp, but you can't measure everything by windows xp.
8) Use debian, but in general you are right.
9) ACPI works fine on any desktop I have tried, but on laptops it can be a problem.
10) Defintly a problem, thats why I have a SB live.