-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well, I gotta say that Redhat does have a point. I do think that linux is not yet ready for the everyday desktop user except for Lindows - for a relatively small subpopulation.
I use it exclusively but then I have been playing with linux for years now. I "get it". My father, wife, sisters...they don't get it. They get boggled by configuration this and that, logins, etc. They are all too used to just firing up and going with what is familiar. Then, the biggy, is games. If you play games then you are set to go through even more work with only a fractional hope that the game will work (working with wine is not straightup simple and obvious). The newest games rarely work, or work only poorly. Not a great way to make a favorable impression. Lindows is set to give linux a poor name as well, with their default run-as-root setup. Sure, it makes it install and run similar to windoze but it also makes it just as vulnerable as windoze. This can only make people think (ultimately) that linux is no more free viruses, worms, and hack attacks as windoze. I do think that for those who really just do web browsing, document editing, emailing, then linux is perfectly valid. For those who game it just isn't there and wont be until linux gets more game titles itself or wine/winex gets much better and easier to work with. On Sunday 09 November 2003 02:58 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 09 November 2003 02:20 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > Am I alone in noticing the insanity. As if SCO wasn't bad enough. > > Lycoris deciding that it can rewrite the GPL. Now the CEO of RedHat > > (or as I've heard of late DeadRat) is advocating that Home users stick > > with Windows as Linux isn't ready for the desktop. Maybe I should send > > the SOB a copy of 9.2 when it's ready to show him what RH could have > > been if they didn't suffer from NIH (Not Invented Here) syndrome. > > > > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39117575,00.htm > > > > James > > Nah - you're not alone. I posted a message with a link to an announcement > about this. The subject went something like "Redhat = traitors?"... <grin> - -- Faith is the very antithesis of reason, injudiciousness a critical component of spiritual devotion. - --Krakauer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/rk4Yb1CLurEA6xURAmsnAJ9LgwGW6BvaUmOZeapdXBGE4SS/4gCcDgja efM+7BPnCsPpFFqMr7rREWE= =BHUM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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