pavithran s wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Rony<[email protected]> wrote: > >> The way you describe it, Linux hasn't arrived, even after 15 years. >> > > Linux the kernel had arrived long back and has many features. > > >From kernel.org : > Linux supports true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, > demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory > management, and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6. > > Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or > higher), today Linux also runs on (at least) the Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC, > Motorola 68000, PowerPC, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, IBM S/390, MIPS, HP > PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS, Renesas M32R, Atmel > AVR32, Renesas H8/300, NEC V850, Tensilica Xtensa, and Analog Devices > Blackfin architectures; for many of these architectures in both 32- > and 64-bit variants. > > No doubt. But its the smaller things like problems in network-manager, OO versions and such that get even advanced Linux _users_ bugged. Coming back to the topic of the thread, doesn't the PPA for OO do what users expect from the regular packagers? Just because a code was not created, it doesn't mean it cannot be.
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