Linked by Michael Fraser on Sat 29th Mar 2003 03:21 UTC
When I first started playing with Linux (RedHat Distribution -- Version 5.2 Deluxe), it was a present from a father's friend in Boston. As I recall that is the only version of RedHat I ever got to work correctly without any major problems (like "Kernel Segmentation Error" or something to that effect).
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In both senses. Some of the things he mentioned simply are not true.
For example:
Everything can be installed from only 2 cds and there are not 7 different terminal programs, only 3.
Anyway, my experience was very nice. I really like 9.1. While maybe it is not ready for everyone it is the ebst distro I've tried so far.
BTW: I think Linux will be truly considered an alternative by common users in late 2003 6-9 months from now. Why?
- Distributions are increasingly focusing on the desktops and developers are also pushing the desktop momentum
- Kernel 2.6
- ReiserFS 2
- KDE 3.2 (with many improvements in usability, new apps like Kroupware and many will be very mature like KDEvelop 3 etc.)
-GNOME 2.4 (also apps like Galeon 2,GIMP 1.4, and many others will be ready and integrated well into GNOME)
- New Ximian products, Evolution 2, Red Carpet 2, Ximian Desktop 2 etc.
- New OpenOffice.org/Staroffice
- new Mozilla
- new GCC
- Mplayer
AND SO ON, there will be an incredible amount of new/improved applications and technologies. Speed improvements and because Linux will make headway into businesses it will soon gain the attention of average desktop users.