The real reason Linux is going to have a tough time on the desktop is
because of how hard it is to install a program. For instance, I just
installed RH 7.1 on my laptop, and wanted to get my DVD player to work, so I
went to linuxvideo.org and grabbed livid. Oops, there are newer versions of
libac3, oms, and omi -- well, have to get those too. Compile libac3;
everything is fine. Compile oms; oops, need a newer version of
libSDL...gotta go find that. Ok, got libSDL compiled and installed. Compile
omi; everything is fine. Run 'omi_gtk'; oops, forgot to compile
libcss....etc,etc.
Most desktop applications are on the cutting edge of what is possible in
Linux right now...which is not a good place to be if you expect your mom to
use it.
-Eric
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Academic Computing Fax: (813) 974-1799
University of South Florida
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Mike Manchester
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:28 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Want Linux on your desktop? Nine reasons to forget
> about it
>
>
> Linux will never make it on the Desktop because:
>
> It's not the GUI or how much it looks like Windows. The real
> reason Linux will
> never make the Desktop is because of companies using proprietary
> software i.e MS
> apps. case in point:
>
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