On April 5, 2005 09:27 pm, quoth Martoni: > What do you think is a Linux killer app (if there is such a beast at all)? > > A "unlikely" candidate has surfaced here at home where the boys next door > live in my study to play "Battle for Wesnoth" on *my* computer (rather than > "The Hobbit" on my sons Windows box). :) I'm considering getting VMWare for > his box, installing Gentoo on it - and having them play the Wesnoth game on > that ... > > Personally I wouldn't live without Kontact - which is more of a KDE killer > app (together with the F4 open terminal function in Konq) ever since > Evolution drifted away from the integrated approach. > > > Regards, > > Martin S
I agree that Kontact is a pretty major reason to run linux. I would also say that MLDonkey is a much better way to do file sharing than what is available for windows because it is not vulnerable to gui crashes and therefore runs much longer. If you are into typography (a minority interest I know) then the humble fontforge is pretty damn good. Much better than Fontographer which is hugely expensive despite the fact that it hasn't changed for several years. Zynaddsubfx is a wonderful musical instrument, even though there are still many more great softsynths for windows than there are for linux. And I almost forgot jack! A fantastic sound server. Also plays well with AudioUnits in OSX, which opens a realm of possibilities for networked signal processing between *nix boxes. Still short of mature clients, although Linux music software has come a long way recently. There's a recording studio in Minneapolis that makes heavy use of Linux. Flexible networking and lack of per-instance license fees bring their costs down massively and let clients continue to work on their projects in their own time outside of the studio, which can be very useful. Robert -- Robert Persson "No matter how much ye shake yer peg The last wee drap rins doon yer leg." -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
