On 30 Jan 2002 at 0:39, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > There are a lot more things still missing in Linux, > 1. Optimised performance across all machines.
All? Where is the list? > 2. Ease of use without taxing the system too much (KDE is excellent, > but its the biggest bloat I have ever come across). >From my last three installs on i810/128MB RAM(These three are different machines), KDE/MDK8.1 is faster than win98 though not faster than 95. And win98 was not able to configure the display for 1024x768 though there was a driver for that card.. Agreed KDE is bloat but just because it can't run in 32MB don't run after it. But it runs fine with 64MB. Not a real bloat IMO.. > 3. Ease of install (I bet any of the distro makers coming anywhere > near winDOZE as far as ease of install goes, leave aside the > Macintosh, thats one place where it would take them a lifetime to > reach) I would say you are treading a dangerous territory. After I start installing Mandrake, within 50 minutes I have a ready workstation with office and dvelopment tools. Installtion of NT at same level takes more than 2 hours. And windows should be touted for ease of use at least in installation. A big bloated registry, programs which you can not uninstall completely and every program shipping different version of same dll including system dlls. I seriously wonder how windows software works? May be with same luck with which indian administration works. Heck I can't even find out what files belongs to which package. A trivial requirement. IMO Windows truely bears to it's name of NT aka neandethel technology as far as installing software goes.. > 4. A next generation UI, look at all those Window Managers, they are > all wannabes of some old UI paradigm. Great. Something like multiple desktops and IO slaves? Multiple associations and different associations for editing and viewing documents? But I don't remember seeing any of these on any version of windows? I just saw them in KDE.. Who's the leader? > The list will grow if more thought is applied to it. That's true but I guess you are listing them in reverse order and/or direction.. > ~Mayuresh Shridhar _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
