On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 08:25:59PM -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote: > Linux on the desktop has been a year or two away for over a decade now, > and there are reasons it's not there yet. To attract nontechnical > end-users, a Linux desktop must work out of the box, ideally > preinstalled by the hardware vendor. Right now, Linux is usually an > aftermarket upgrade on desktop and laptop systems. Default installations > of Linux usually have poor multimedia support, are missing numerous > codecs like QuickTime and WMV, and often lack even basic 3D > acceleration. Linux can't even play DVDs without introducing the risk of > lawsuits, and multimedia support files are usually hosted on non-US > sites for legal reasons. Third party software support (from Quicken to > World of Warcraft) is almost nonexistent. > > You can't win the desktop if you don't even try. Right now, few in the > Linux world are seriously trying. And time is running out. > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html#id247970
But this is not a Linux problem, it is more a problem of the current state in the software industry where everything multimedia interesting requires per-copy royalties, NDAs, closed source and so on. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
