Linux Desktop Ready, Says Mainstream Media

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday September 14, 2006 @03:27AM from the so-it-must-be-true dept.

DeathElk writes, "The Sydney Morning Herald recently featured an article espousing the virtues of desktop Linux. From the article: 'Linux is shedding its hard-core techie image in a bid to woo ordinary human beings seeking an easy-to-use operating system that can be downloaded for free.' Is this a step forward for widespread GNU/Linux desktop adoption? Too bad the article doesn't mention the large range of live CD/DVD distributions available for try-before-you-fly, or the range of Windows applications tested and working under Wine." Also, the article is slightly unclear on the concept of open source, defining it as an arrangement "where the source code can be modified upon the request of users or other developers."

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what changed? by brunascle · 2006-09-14 03:42 · Score: 4, Interesting

the article makes it sound like something changed recently, when i dont think it did.
"Until recently Linux desktop applications were not ready for consumption by the general public because"... However projects such as GNOME have introduced new guidelines to ensure consistency across common desktop operations, he said.

when exactly was this quote taken? what is he talking about, am i missing something?

granted, i havent used Ubutuntu, but i used Red Hat, SuSE, and Fedora as a desktop for a few years, and all were very easy to install and use.

IMHO, linux has been ready for the desktop for years, but the world just isnt ready for linux.