Free PCs and Alternative OSs

NettRom writes "Salon Tech's latest feature, "A PC in every pot" talks about the free PC and computer-appliance markets and how the companies are relying on alternative OS's due to the cost of MS Windows. Most of the article talks to people that embrace the alternative OS's, so I found it to be generally positive. There's also a bit of the usual "There's not enough applications available. You can't take your Excel spreadsheet with you home." FUD. "

Comments

What "hidden labyrinthine directories"?

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Is the author unhappy that these info appliances don't save everything to the desktop? The last time I saved a file on a windows machine, I put it in a directory with all the other files for that particular project. A hierarchical directory structure is a Good Thing, it isn't just a crazy techie Linux thing, and I think the author is creating a bit of a straw man in this case.