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The Failures Of Desktop Linux

Posted by timothy on from the fails-to-play-well-with-bully dept.

PDAJames writes "Maybe Linux isn't quite ready for the desktop after all. After an earlier, very positive evaluation of SuSE Linux Desktop, ZDNet UK has carried out a more in-depth review, running the system in a production environment for two weeks, and found it wanting. A key problem area was interacting with the corporate Windows network. When will this stuff finally be ironed out?"

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  1. Doesn't play well with Windows boxes? by mu_wtfo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, the obvious solution is to get rid of all the Windows machines on the network. Presto, problem solved!

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    1. Re:Doesn't play well with Windows boxes? by corgicorgi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Get rid of all the Linux boxes and the Windows machines still won't play well with each other.

    2. Re:Doesn't play well with Windows boxes? by Bush+Pig · · Score: 3, Funny

      In fact, I can remember milk, bread, groceries etc, being delivered by horse and cart when I was a small child in the 1950's in Adelaide. My grandmother used to race out into the street with a shovel to pick up the horseshit for her roses.

      Aah ... nostalgia!

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    3. Re:Doesn't play well with Windows boxes? by bigman2003 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Has anyone ever come under scrutiny, been prosecuted, chastised, or even yelled at for violating something that was only present in the EULA?

      Have you ever torn off a mattress tag?

      Wash a shirt that was 'dry clean only'?

      Used your lawnmower without safety goggles?

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    4. Re:Doesn't play well with Windows boxes? by MntlChaos · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sales team? not look stupid? HUH?

    5. Re:Doesn't play well with Windows boxes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Getting Windows boxes to play with each other is easy.
      Setting them up so that they are not played with by all those other "friendly" boxes outside, that's the problem.

  2. Slashdot Trilogy by borgdows · · Score: 4, Funny

    Episode 1 : Microsoft is a failure
    Episode 2 : Linux is a failure <-- YOU ARE HERE
    Episode 3 : SCO is THE failure (soon on /.)

  3. Re:Hmmmmmm by Ruds · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, I can see that meeting now:

    CUSTOMER: Well, we're having trouble making our new Linux boxes talk to our large installed base of Windows boxes.

    MICROSOFT: You don't say.

    C: No, really. We'd really like it if you were to make Windows boxes easier to talk to by publishing your heretofore closed standard.

    M: So let me get this straight. You want us to make it easier for our competitors to replace us? If we do this, then our market share goes down because the barrier to switching lowers. But if we don't, you'll keep buying Windows because it's cheaper than doing a complete rollover. Let me consider that.

    C: Thanks, we'd really appreciate it!

    Matt

  4. Wrong target! by Montreal+Geek · · Score: 3, Funny
    Regardless of the relative merit of the various OSes from Microsoft, it's about time that reviewers stop equating "ready for desktop use" with "works like Windows".

    Just imagine the result if, say, movies were judged on how close they are to the common denominator!

    - Well, Gene, Schindler's List was tought provoking and great storytelling. Thumbs down.

    - I agree, it's not worth seeing unless they edit it to add at least a gratuitous sex scenes that doesn't advance the plot. A few random car chases wouldn't have hurt either. Two thumbs down.

    Feh!

    If the only "problems" left with a Linux distribution are that "it doesn't do X like Windows" or "it doesn't interoperate with X of Windows" then it may be time to take a long, hard look at Windows.

    -- MG

  5. Windows is NOT ready for the desktop by Rares+Marian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doesn't play well with Linux boxes.

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  6. Re:Hmmmmmm by Branman361 · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens when the conversation starts out like this? CUSTOMER: "We're having trouble having our brand new Windows box talk to our network of Linux boxes."