wyrmzr wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 20 March 2002 10:39, you wrote:
> > Kmail and evolution are very good email agents , but for me when I use
> > outlook it doesn't hang with 10000
> > mail....
> > big problem of windows are stability and viruses ...
> > big problem of linux have no good acceleration for video and is not yet
> > stable,
> > I think also that for laptop is very not at the level of windows since
> > suspend , irda , incorporated mouse
> > does not work well to not say at all...
> > (Warning:I like a lot linux , and I saying this only for pointing on
> > problems that I do not like to see in the future)
> > Thanks for the very great disribution you've made ,
> > Meir Faraj
> > ----- Original Message -----
> ><snip>
> I'd have to agree that laptop support is lacking yet in several areas, but 3d
> acceleration depends a lot on what card you have, and whether the
> manufacturer is willing to write drivers for Linux. My NVidia GeForce2 Ultra
> works great, I can watch dvds in Linux, and many apps, including OpenGL, run
> much smoother than win2k.
> Personally, even when I use win2k, I don't use outlook because of the huge
> security issues. And I stay behind a hardware firewall to keep the hackers
> out. Not that win2k is used much by me anymore, since I can now play many of
> my games in Linux with winex(thanks to transgaming). And as far as stability
> goes, I have had no problem running RC1 on my work system, running several
> days straight without a reboot is not a problem. No such luck with win2k,
> something eventually bogs it down and forces me to reboot.
> All in all, I can't wait for Linux to get a stronger hold on the desktop
> market. For my purposes, it's already there.
I second it with some wishes:
==> greater apps/utilities integration in the KDE (i.e.:
OpenOffice.org!)
==> real separation KDE from GNOME at installation (I do use KDE, but
some GNOME packages are installed by
default anyway! I did uninstall a bunch of them)
==> global cut and paste (do I miss here something?)
==> software firewall with GUI ( like many of them for Windows) for
standalone computer.
==> troubleshooting guide (this can easy up the email servers :)
for newbies:
==> updated HOWTO's (some are from 1996 or so. Aren't we in 2002?) and
other documentation.
The rest is great!
At last on my standalone desktop.
Irek
