I don't think that Linux can truly compete at this point as a business desktop. However, as a personal desktop Linux works well if you aren't interested in playing all of the games that come out.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Supporting Linux vs. Linux Zealotry > Ready for what? If you mean system administration, no software will ever > be > ready. > > Distributions like Mepis, Xandros and Red Hat are more than ready for the > unwashed masses and are easier to maintain. I set up two of my neighbors > almost a year ago with Mepis. Neither have had any problems and both got > exactly what they needed. With a 20 minute install time, even a wipe and > reload is a piece of cake. > > Outside of cutting edge hardware and stubborn multimedia junk, Linux just > works. What more can you ask for? Vendors will get with it soon enough. > > > > On Thursday 06 January 2005 12:31 pm, Baudouin, Andrew wrote: > >> I attempted to make an argument similar to this after the "Firefox" >> security article; about how Linux simply isn't ready in many ways. It >> wasn't well received but that may be due to the fact that I am relatively >> new to the group. >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
