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Has the Desktop Linux Bubble Burst?
El Lobo writes "For the Linux desktop, 2002 was an important year. Since then, we have continuously been fed point releases which added bits of functionality and speed improvements, but no major revision has yet seen the light of day. What's going on?
A big problem with GNOME is that it lacks any form of a vision, a goal, for the next big revision. GNOME 3.0 is just that- a name. All GNOME 3.0 has are some random ideas by random people in random places.
KDE developers are indeed planning big things for KDE4 — but that is what they are stuck at. Show me where the results are.KDE's biggest problem is a lack of manpower and financial backing by big companies.
In the meantime, the competition has not exactly been standing still. Apple has continuously been improving its Mac OS X operating system. Microsoft has not been resting on its laurels either. Windows Vista is already available. Many anti-MS fanboys complain that Vista is nothing more than XP with a new coat, but anyone with an open mind realizes this is absolutely not the case."
Microsoft has not been resting on its laurels either.
Microsoft doesn't have 'laurels'. Just many large sacks of cash.
Are gnome and KDE -really- the only choices? XFCE? ICEwm? Hell, CDE even?! ... or dare I suggest ... Bash ?
"Many anti-MS fanboys complain that Vista is nothing more than XP with a new coat..." Ridiculous...It's nothing more than OS X with a new coat...
A big problem with GNOME is that it lacks any form of a vision
Actually gnomes have the ability to see in the infrared spectrum, and get +2 to constitution / -2 to strength.
"If you think you have things under control, you're not going fast enough." --Mario Andretti
"Oh, and nice job calling linux on the desktop a "bubble". "
Better than "blister". "Oh my God! The Linux on the Desktop blister has popped. Eeeewww!"
Fuck you Slashdot
The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education. - Paul Feyerabend
To be blunt, most of the linux community are geeks, and geeks basically don't like non-geeks. Linux developers are uber-geeks, and uber-geeks don't like anyone, not even other uber-geeks.
Yeah, that was a bit harsh, but someone had to say it.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
No, they MUST be right. Because this means Microsoft has WON, and every time Microsoft WINS it means that they have WON FOREVER!! Competition need not apply.
Face it, Linux' opportunity has now been officially pronounced to have come and gone, so now it's Microsoft and ONLY Microsoft.
After all, their street address is One Microsoft Way!
It's more than just a street address, it's a prophecy!
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
/Mod Article +1 Flamebait
Plus they almost destroyed Toontown!
for (year=1997 /* approximately */; year==HELL_FREEZES_OVER; year++) {
slashdot_article("Could %4.4U be the year of Linux on the desktop?",year) }
Oh, did the nonretarded-OS usage dull your brain? Click Next, pls.
Btw - have a look at an ubuntu 6.10 install, if you prefer everything clicked in a user-friendly way. Surprise, linux desktop. Click Next, pls.
...and for every child growing up right now the so-called "mysteries" of computers will be self-evident.
Click Finish, pls.
That type of screw up is hard to do on the CLI.
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You're forgetting the old classic. You want to remove a bunch of hidden folders from a directory. Naturally the first command that comes to mind is "rm -rf
Then you really learn about recursion.