Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 5th May 2007 06:08 UTC
"The news that Dell will begin making the fast-growing Ubuntu flavor of Linux available on some of its machines should be welcomed by consumers everywhere." Read the rest of the review here.
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RE[8]: Ready, but not.
by archiesteel on Sun 6th May 2007 16:57
in reply to "RE[7]: Ready, but not."
Member since:2005-07-02
Users should be able to install all the software they want.
Okay, I want to install Amarok on Windows.
What's the problem? You said I should be able to install the software I want? Oh, I also want to install Half-Life 2 on my Mac, I want to install Final Cut Pro on Linux, and I want Beryl on my Windows PC as well. While we're at it, I want to play Wii Sports on my Xbox, and Guitar Hero on my DS.
I don't want to hear excuses, I should be able to install the software I want! I can't? Well then, it's Microsoft/Apple/Linux/Nintendo's fault!!
Listen, if someone doesn't package a piece of software for your OS or your distro, you have two choices: either you don't use it, or you compile it from source (if it's available for your OS/architecture).
Complaining that Linux isn't ready because some obscure/bleeding edge/deprecated software cannot be easily installed on your current distro is disingenuous, to say the least. One cannot install old Mac OS programs to run natively on Mac OS X, nor can I play all old Xbox games on the Xbox 360. Some bleeding edge programs are not yet ready, and the developers don't feel like taking the time to make it available for all OSes/distros/architectures. Some apps were abandoned by their developers, and are no longer maintained by anyone. That's not a failure on Linux's fault, that's just how the bloody software industry works!!
Users *should* be able to install the software they want, but if the ISVs don't package it for their system, tough luck! That doesn't mean that Linux isn't ready for the majority of users, who'll be more than happy to use whatever is available in the repositories.
Edited 2007-05-06 17:00
Member since:2005-06-30
Things I have had to use the command line for:
- Avant Window Navigator
- Audacity Beta (to fix a problem with my USB microphone)
- NVIDIA drivers (64-bit, didn't see them in the repo)
- Beryl (didn't work when installed from repo)
- Pidgin 2.0 (wasn't available via repo three days after release)
- Automatix
- Fixing a problem between my kernel and NVIDIA (an automated Ubuntu update broke it somehow)
- Problem with VMWare after updating to Feisty
- Working with permissioned files in GEdit
- Installing write support for NTFS
I see at least eight things on that list that would be resolved (in the meaning of not having to use the command line) if there was a universal desktop and packaging standard in Linux.
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2005-07-12
So who are you to judge what software people should install?
Users should be able to install all the software they want.
Let them brake their systems if they, for god's sake.