Linked by John Munsch on Mon 30th Dec 2002 19:05 UTC
Why do it? I am asked this question more often than I expected, even by existing Linux users who I expected to know as well as I the reasons for building a next-generation desktop Linux for the home user. So here are some of my reasons for thinking that we must spend the effort to create a better desktop on Linux than any existing version now has. Editor's Note: Due to a technical glitch, the first segment of this article was ommitted for some readers. If you missed the "why" section, before, you can read it now.
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Linux will transform into a real desktop OS. It doesn't matter what the childish anti-social geeks think or want. The only thing most of them have ever done for Linux is writing yet another IRC client. Every important part of the Linux OS is already in the hands of professionals who know what quality software is. For example easy and painless driver installations are not a sign of "stupidification" but of quality sofware. Spending a whole week to configure your system is not "power using" it's pervert geek S/M. "Power users" just like normal users use the computer to get work done (tm). They use it as a tool and not as a toy. They don't wet their pants while trying to get their soundcard working. Really just ignore these "I'm so elite and you're stupid" fools. They are stupid losers and they have nothing to say. GNOME, Evolution, Mozilla, OpenOffice, Nautilus, etc. all big commercial distros are controlled by cooperations who care about cooperate and end users. Let the loser geeks rot in the cellar. They have nothing to say.