I've been using (dabbling?) around with Linux for quite awhile, and I feel inclined to comment on its shortcomings. I run X, a gnome-session, netscape and xemacs. (ICEWM as a base for the system...). Loading WordPerfect and/or GIMP during the affair brings the (233mx) 64mb system to a near standstill; the disk cache noisily operates during all these concurrent processes. This is an operating system proclaiming efficiency on older machines, something I sure fail to notice on my fairly decent machine. (ie the Quake1 keyboard lock??) People fancy about a more integrated GUI -- albeit MacOS X, overlaying the system. I personally don't think it's going to happen with the "GNU." Commercialization: Not a problem with BSD (MacOS X being a prime example here), as Linux and its license policy work a little differently. Unix is academic; people aren't leaving behind decade old protocols, programming technique, etc; as it would destroy the programming standards in place for all the developers out there [likely expierenced programmers] involved in the projects. I love my GUI setup, although small things are a pain in the butt. Linux will be a lot more "beautiful" when my system has 128 megabytes of ram. And as technology catches up, Linux will seem a lot more viable to the average home user. Ease of configuration is the big focus now it seems.... orel Linux is the first sign....And eagerly waiting their Office Suite, despite its fallback on wine....
With all the talk of Netscape and it's instability, I went on the FTP server to check for an older version; some people swear the 4.51 release does all the others justice. Anywya, under the usual chain of directories, I found a 4.72 directory -- sadly, it is unaccessible via the general public. Can only wonder what this is.........a soon to be released update??
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I've been using (dabbling?) around with Linux for quite awhile, and I feel inclined to comment on its shortcomings. I run X, a gnome-session, netscape and xemacs. (ICEWM as a base for the system...). Loading WordPerfect and/or GIMP during the affair brings the (233mx) 64mb system to a near standstill; the disk cache noisily operates during all these concurrent processes. This is an operating system proclaiming efficiency on older machines, something I sure fail to notice on my fairly decent machine. (ie the Quake1 keyboard lock??) People fancy about a more integrated GUI -- albeit MacOS X, overlaying the system. I personally don't think it's going to happen with the "GNU." Commercialization: Not a problem with BSD (MacOS X being a prime example here), as Linux and its license policy work a little differently. Unix is academic; people aren't leaving behind decade old protocols, programming technique, etc; as it would destroy the programming standards in place for all the developers out there [likely expierenced programmers] involved in the projects. I love my GUI setup, although small things are a pain in the butt. Linux will be a lot more "beautiful" when my system has 128 megabytes of ram. And as technology catches up, Linux will seem a lot more viable to the average home user. Ease of configuration is the big focus now it seems.... orel Linux is the first sign....And eagerly waiting their Office Suite, despite its fallback on wine....
With all the talk of Netscape and it's instability, I went on the FTP server to check for an older version; some people swear the 4.51 release does all the others justice. Anywya, under the usual chain of directories, I found a 4.72 directory -- sadly, it is unaccessible via the general public. Can only wonder what this is.........a soon to be released update??