Well, first let me state that I'm not talking about ease of installation here. On a workstation OS, I don't care if individual users can install drivers or new software. (In fact, it makes my life easier if they can't. ;) ) And if anything Linux would be less hardware dependent than NT -- I could create a kernel with drivers for all our hardware and it'd figure out the individual machines on its own. But there are a few areas that are lacking.
- Accounting software. Ever seen any for Linux? - CAD software. The company I work for utterly relies on AutoCAD. There's no version of AutoCAD for Linux. There's a LinuxCAD program that claims to be similar to AutoCAD, but have you seen the screen shots? They're imitating the DOS version, not the Windows versions that came out in the last few years. There aren't even any toolbars. The CAD group would mutiny if I tried to make them use that. - Good photo editing software. GIMP can do nearly everything Photoshop can, granted, but the user interface is an utter train wreck. I've looked at using it as a desktop OS for people who don't need software in any of the above categories, and it's almost suitable, but that's a relatively small number of our users. We *are* looking at using it for an embedded touchscreen application some time in the near future, though. (Currently the application is running on (shudder) Windows 95.) -----Original Message----- From: Floyd Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 7:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Windows layer storage/transmission. Lord forgive for getting involved with this thread... Please explain what areas are lacking software for Linux.. I have yet to know of any. The only thing that is lacking is a home user's linux (RedHat doesn't count it is simple, but not well put together). I give it another year until we have one.. By the way you do know that you can buy your home pc preloaded with Linux.. major vendors doing so include IBM, Dell, and Hewlett Packard. My .02, Floyd R. |> -----Original Message----- |> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Brodbeck |> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:51 AM |> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' |> Subject: RE: Windows layer storage/transmission. |> |> |> Problem is there's still a distinct lack of software for Linux in some |> critical areas. The problem with free Open Source software is the only |> software you get is software that people think would be fun to write. So |> some of us don't have a choice, and Windows works for what we need to get |> done. Berating people who need to use Windows won't fix that. |> |> -----Original Message----- |> From: ScanMan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:13 AM |> To: VNC list |> Subject: RE: Windows layer storage/transmission. |> |> |> Hey, that's a good idea. Maybe we could call it Linux, and give it away |> for free, but then, people who refuse to stop using the inferior product |> for mostly irrational reasons (ever heard of game theory?) would |> constantly make it hard for us with their incompatible protocols and |> inferior quality. We could retaliate by ridiculing them until they would |> see the error in their ways. Oh, wait, that's already happening, sorry. |> --------------------------------------------------------------------- |> To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: |> 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY |> See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html |> --------------------------------------------------------------------- |> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
