all i know is that rh-9 works for me on the desktop for most everything i do.
maybe one day, intuit will port quickbooks over to *nix... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Carlos J. Cela > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:31 AM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: [TriLUG] Linux for the desktop > > > I have switched to Linux in my home PC about one year ago (RH > 8, right > now)- Even during the first days of using it, my only issues > have been > installing new hardware - I have always find the software I needed. > > I had several people using my computer at different times to > do things > like browse the web, write letters, or play, without giving them more > instruction than "the web browser is called mozilla in this > machine, in > the menu on the left" - In my experience, none of them had > more issues > using it than they would have had using a WinXP pc. Some of > them cannot > even tell the difference between Word and Open Office! > (yes..I've asked > them out of curiosity). > > I guess what I am trying to say is that there is nothing wrong or > not-usable on Linux for the desktop right now - once it is properly > running and configured. The complaints I always hear are > always related > to installation or configuration of hardware/software. Those are two > very different issues. > > Just my $0.02 > > Carlos- > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
