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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Most people that use Linux has experience with Windows, and that's what Linux needs to compete with if they want to replace Windows on the desktop.
There are three things that needs to be improved:
1. Professional software. Linux is great for development and with OpenOffice it's also usefull in an office environment, but there are still problems. GIMP can't replace Photoshop. There's no replacement for Dreamweaver, 3D Studio, QuarkXPress/Pagemaker etc.
2. Games. Most users at home wants to play games. Who wants to reboot the computer when you want to play a game? I know that there are some games for Linux, but while most games are made for Windows, you still have the problem of rebooting the machine. What Linux needs is a professional library for developing games. Perhaps we could have a DirectX port (in source code form, not emulation), so that people can compile the game for both Linux and Windows with minimal changes.
3. Standard installation. Why does every distro have it's own directory structure? Does an email program really need the latest GCC? When I want to install a program, I want it to be as "simple" as Windows. I know that most distributions have their own package system where you can install custom-made packages, but is that really nescessary? Why can't we have a standard installation routine that everyone can use? Sometimes we even have different RPMs for different versions of the same distribution!