Hello, I just read that story myself and felt he was a bit hard on linux,
but I cut this piece out and think he has a pointinregards to the suse pro
ver 7 which I have. When I first installed it it installed 3417 packs and
used just over 6.5 gig of my hard drive. Far too many apps for me . Linux
blows windoze out of the water, and I am having a ball with linux, learning
how to move around in bash and installing software and learning how to
upgrade kde 1.2x to 2.0.1. Much more fun that plain jane windoze, with only
one desk top and so on.
"quote"
The way I see it, for Linux to become a viable desktop platform, it needs to
slim down and streamline its offerings. A Linux truly designed for the
desktop should include:
An installer as easy to manage as that of Corel Linux
Automatic network/Internet configuration
Tough, preconfigured security for network/Internet access
A conservative roster of applications, including an email client; a Web
browser; office tools such as a word processor, a spreadsheet, and
presentation apps; an image editor; a media player; an HTML editor; Telnet,
FTP, and other network utilities
Preconfigured Windows/Mac OS file system and network support
A single window manager that integrates the best of existing desktop
environments into a pared-down, easily configurable workspace
A modicum of accessories such as a calculator and an address book
User-friendly network administration tools
Corporate users may not need even half of these applications, since IT
departments will determine which apps are supported by the company. And many
more applications may deserve to be included. But as a basic desktop system,
a version of Linux, as outlined above, would prove much more appealing and
useful to folks who don't live and breathe Linux.
"unquote"
Regards Anthony Daniell.
----- Original Message -----
From: Adrian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrakesoft CEO defends Linux
> quote from the artical:
> The week before Christmas, CNET News.com editor Todd Volz blasted most of
the major commercial distributions, including Mandrakesoft, for shipping
bloated product. While most of the bloat comes in the area of
developer-oriented features, i.e. mulitple compilers, screen setting
controls etc., Voltz viewed the business community's reluctance to slim
things down for the regular user a distressing sign.
>
> quote from adrian:
> where is my shotgun?
>
> mandrake comes on 2 CDs with:
> 1 OS
> 10 window managers
> 100+ programs
>
> winsux comes on 1 CD with
> 1 OS
>
> bloat? where's the bloat.... i think someone missed the bloat.....
>
>
> Adrian Smith
> 'de telepone dude
> Telecom Dept.
> x 7042
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> >>> Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10:54:26 AM 1/10/01 >>>
>
> http://www.upside.com/Open_Season/3a5b574d60.html
> --
> Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
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