Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th Jan 2007 23:16 UTC
"While the eyes of the IT world have spent years squinting to see Microsoft's slowly unfolding vistas, the companies and individuals that drive open source have been steadily building a case for broader adoption of Linux-based operating systems. Two of the best all-around Linux distributions to emerge from this process are OpenSUSE 10.2 and Ubuntu 6.10, both of which bundle together the best of what open source has to offer into operating systems that merit consideration for desktop and server workloads."
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Uh which is what most businesses use and was my whole point.
While many businesses use specialized apps, many don't. Again, you seem to be saying that if Linux isn't ready for *all* desktops, then it's ready for none. That's the same old FUD we've been hearing for years.
Linux doesn't have enough specialized apps and very few use just an office suite and web browser.
There are plenty of specialized apps for Linux. The OP listed a few that were allegedly missing, and it took me less than five minutes to actually find some for Linux.
You are kidding me right? Add/Remove programs gives a very short description, sometimes not enough to even get the idea of what the app is supposed to do.
How much description do you need to figure out what an app is for? You're grasping at straws here. As I suspected, your bias against Linux is such that no matter how much things improve, it will never be enough for you. Do us a favor: keep using Windows and stop wasting your time trying to discourage others from trying Linux.
Go to download.com and see how they are categorized
Go to www.kde-apps.com. 'nuff said.
We aren't talking executables, but even that varies from /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/sbin... and it is a huge issue.
No, it is not. That's pure FUD. You don't need to know where an app is, and if you really want to find out, you type "whereis [name of application]". It's as simple as that.
Lets say you need to upgrade an application but you want to have a clean upgrade. How are you going to find out where all the files are?
You don't need to know where the files are. You just upgrade the package, and it will do it for you. As others have said, though, package managers do tell you which files are installed, and where. But again, there's no reason why a user would ever need to know.
Or if you need to tweak some files, it helps to know where the config files are.
In /etc.
There is no doubt it is still an issue.
No, it isn't. It's pure and utter FUD.