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Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released
Alexander "Tolimar" Reichle-Schmehl writes "The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed Lenny) after 22 months of constant development. With 12 supported computer architectures, more than 23,000 packages built from over 12,000 source packages and 63 languages for the new graphical installer, this release sets new records, once again. Software available in 5.0 includes Linux 2.6.26, KDE 3.5.10, Gnome 2.22.2, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6, Apache 2.2.9, Xen 3.2.1 and GCC 4.3.2. Other notable features are X autoconfiguring itself, full read-write support for NTFS, Java programs in the main repository and a single Blu-Ray disc installation media. You can get the ISOs via bittorrent. The Debian Project also wishes to announce that this release is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. As a valuable member of the Debian Project, he will be sorely missed."
So it is not only a lack of game playing software or professional graphics software like Photoshop ... it is simlply a major *effort* for the average user to ignore or work around all these problems.
Buy stuff with Linux support and quit your bitching.
Opinions?
When you buy things you're buying stuff with Windows support. Maybe you should be looking for Linux support instead.
That, or maybe you should just accept that you have no legal path to watch Blu-Ray, and that you either need to boycott Blu-Ray, or accept that you will be committing an act of civil disobedience every time you watch a movie.
The fact that you allegedly care about Linux support but don't care enough to check to see if your chosen equipment has Linux support makes your whole comment seem like a troll.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
And the link also says: "KDE 4.0 is the innovative Free Software desktop containing lots of applications for every day use as well as for specific purposes."
Can you honestly say that you get the impression that 4.0 was a test alpha release after reading that announcement in its entirety?
And yes, everyone knew it was alpha-quality software after they tried it. The KDE team had been promising flying unicorns and butt-rainbows until about a week before release. But don't listen to me, listen to the KDE team's logic... they didn't want to name it an alpha release or developer's release because they wanted more people to test it. They wanted people to not have a clue so that more people would try to use their buggy alpha project.
But whatever, as long as you enjoy the software then that's what matters.