Star Desktop Linux for the Home: How and Why?
Linked by John Munsch on Mon 30th Dec 2002 19:05 UTC
Linux 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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Petrol
by Steve on Tue 31st Dec 2002 02:04 UTC

I don't know how oil is refined, but I know to put unleaded in my car, not diesel. It was a decision I made when buying the car, aware of the car-cost/petrol-cost/environmental tradeoff in the purchase. So I had to know something about how these things are (if not how they work).

And I had to remember it, and remember it each time I fill up. It's not difficult.

(Americans stop reading here....)
We've all seen the American police shows, where some idiot gets into a car with a bottle of whisky and a shotgun, and an IQ of 3. Do we really want these people in a car? Do we really want him thinking the PC is the DVD player?