"Linux has made major inroads on servers and in data centers running both open-source and proprietary applications on millions of computers worldwide. We've recently seen the rise of Linux on mobile devices. But the Linux desktop remains elusive. We know it's out there, but it only now seems to be approaching the tipping point."
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Member since:2005-06-29
Try not to squash their optimism just because you're tired of hearing it, morale actually plays a major role in progress. If people keep aiming at improving Linux with the belief that it is or will be desktop ready you're likely to see more improvement in that area than if they simply told themselves it was a server OS.
Besides that, desktop ready is very subjective. for me Linux is pretty close to there but it is progressing slowly in the areas that are most important to me. To each his own.
Member since:2005-07-08
Shoot, wish I was around over the weekend so I could have participated a little earlier, but better late than never I spose.
How in the world did this first post get a 5 though? It's way off.
maybe if people stopped proclaiming that linux is desktop ready, eat some humble pie and work on it, the year of desktop linux will actually happen through linux actually being desktop ready, instead of people saying it is all the time.
Seems to me this is already happening. Have you not noticed how far Desktop Linux has come in the past few years? And the developers aren't just sitting around now. To give one example, perhaps you've heard of the upcoming KDE 4?
There is no proper migration path for linux
Migration from what to what? From Windows desktop machines? I've had no real problems migrating. But then it's all going to depend on what your machines are used for as to whether or not you can migrate. Of course you may have a hard time running your proprietary Windows apps without them being ported over first. That goes without saying. At any rate, I've done it, so don't say it's impossible.
it is still hard to use
Not at all if things are set up for you.
the biggest developments for desktop linux have all come from comapny work (ubuntu, xgl, novell, redhat...)
While I welcome any contributions with open arms, I certainly wouldn't say that corporations are the only contributors. A good deal of development has and still does come from academia. Both the kernel and GNU started out there. Also, from what I've seen, academia is also one of the places where desktop Linux has made the greatest inroads.
Member since:
2005-11-10
maybe if people stopped proclaiming that linux is desktop ready, eat some humble pie and work on it, the year of desktop linux will actually happen through linux actually being desktop ready, instead of people saying it is all the time.
There is no proper migration path for linux, it is still hard to use, awareness is low because the focus is still too technical and the biggest developments for desktop linux have all come from comapny work (ubuntu, xgl, novell, redhat...)