User: wexler

Linux distributions are not ready for clients

On: Making Linux Look Harder Than It Is

I think the bigger question is, should linux be for users? Yes it is completely possible to set up a really user friendly interface and have all kinds of fluff on it, but is that the direction that you really want to push linux. Just because microsoft is the devils work doesn't mean we have to try and substitute linux for it. THere is a huge effort underway to put linux into the "idiot user" world, but personally I think it is foolish. In my opinion linux is perfect for servers and it is a waste of time trying to make it a client box. In order to make it into a more user friendly environment a lot of core changes would have to be made which would defunct linux as a server. For instance, in order for there ever to be super easy and powerful installers and managers, there goes security. If linux ever has a chance in the client world then a very different distribution needs to be designed that removes concepts such as "root privledges" and so on. But if we continue to combine linux as a single distribution that can be used for both clients and servers then we will ruin the purity that is linux.