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Seattle Times Reviews Desktop Linux Distros

Posted by timothy on from the are-we-there-yet dept.

prostoalex writes "Seattle Times section on Personal Technology compares Xandros and Lindows as two alternatives to Windows for desktop computing. Their verdict: installation - excellent; OpenOffice - good enough; digital cameras, printers and other peripherals - excellent; CD burning - no problems; video playback - could be better (with more progress bars and support for Apple's formats); digital camcorders - poor; burning audio CDs - poor; Net access and Web browsing - no problems."

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  1. Re:K3B by SQLz · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I'm using a nearly new version of K3B and it won't let me burn CDs from Mp3's, and it won't tell me why. This is a pretty serious problem.

    Have you tried checking between your chair and your keyboard?

  2. Re:These are nice, but... by dknight · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I take it you're on the user side of the spectrum then ;)

    Let's face it, some people are too stupid to breathe, and these people insist on using computers.

    Now, maybe I'm arrogant, and an elitist... heck, I know I am, and I'm proud of it, but I seriously think that people should be required to take IQ tests before we let them touch anything more complicated than a coloring book... Matter of fact, scratch that, they could give themselves paper-cuts, and stick the crayons up their noses.

    Face it, people ARE stupid. People ARE dumbasses, as a whole.

    Now, I can understand your point. These are the consumers, we should build the software to suit their needs...

    No.
    Let's not do that.

    Why should we? Let's let MicroSoft KEEP that market. Why does linux need to become an OS for the masses? Do we really want that? I know I dread the day my little sister starts telling me about how much she loves the latest FreeBSD. That's about the time when I go searching for a new, harder to use OS. /end rant