> > Bottom line: I think *all* of the main desktop distros have gotten better in > the past three years. But are they at the level of OS/X yet? Or even > Windows? Uh uh. The gap is narrowing, though.
I disagree with this. My family and I moved from Windows to Slackware in 1996, and today, the family finds working with Windows and Aqua to be extremely limiting, difficult and time consuming. GNU desktops repeatedly out perform in nearly every fair minded condition. First, they are far more customizable. With six kids in the house, they would accept nothing less. They have far more security, greater network connectivity, interconnectivity and there are far more useful programming in SuSE than XP home edition. I personally work with wmaker on about 5 virtual desktops, with gtk-nautilus running as a desktop manager when I think I need to (which is rare). While devices will ALWAYS be a problem due to manufactures dreams of world domination and secrecy, in truth, devices that are supported, which is a hell of a lot of them, are better supported than the proprietary drivers in commercial operating systems. What more can we want? We have access to TV, Radio, Security Cameras, video production, image manipulation, we have a dozen or so scanners, digital cameras, video recorders and more. And we run almost exclusively AMD 850 Durons in the house. Every time I have to deal with a non GNU system it is stifling. Those desktops are completely brain dead. Ruben > And just as with the > increasing adoption of OpenOffice, at some point the gap gets narrow enough > that users begin to look at price point. In the OS wars, though, it's a > long, slow, slog for Linux on the desktop. > > Cheers, > > -jon parshall- > COO > CodeWeavers > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
