I think that it is becoming more obvious that the greatest achievment of the OS movement is this enormous code base to dip from
SUN is probably moving in the right direction with thier java desktop, a web based system using the tools at hand that anyone can code to.
KDE was moving in that direction years ago (before the application wars started), with their "everything is a file" policy, and Kparts, Dcop, etc.
I don't see "LINUX" ever becoming a desktop, but rather a codebase to grab from to create desktop's from. Much like Apple's OSX and NetBSD the future of linux is yet to come.
I have only a few things to say....
http://www.kexp.org/home.asp?noflash=false
http://www.wfmu.org/
If you haven't listened to these you are missing out bigtime.
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/
Like it buy the album!!!!
Most MS users out there don't have a clue how to install a driver and configure hardware even when it comes with an easy to use CDROM!
They can't set up thier own networking unless they have a guy from their ISP walking them through it over the phone, and all the while people are complaining because linux is not user freindly enough.
BAAAAH! I say BUL#@HIT!
People buy thier systems prebuilt and preconfigured, they call up thier phone or cable company, and then the have a guy come over and hook it up for them or else have someone walk them through it over the phone.
When they want an upgrade they take it to their local computer shop and have somebody do it for them. (usually paying extortionist rates for it!)
Linux would not be any harder for these people than windows, if only there were the same resources available -- see Monopoly.
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I think that it is becoming more obvious that the greatest achievment of the OS movement is this enormous code base to dip from
SUN is probably moving in the right direction with thier java desktop, a web based system using the tools at hand that anyone can code to.
KDE was moving in that direction years ago (before the application wars started), with their "everything is a file" policy, and Kparts, Dcop, etc.
I don't see "LINUX" ever becoming a desktop, but rather a codebase to grab from to create desktop's from. Much like Apple's OSX and NetBSD the future of linux is yet to come.
I have only a few things to say.... http://www.kexp.org/home.asp?noflash=false http://www.wfmu.org/ If you haven't listened to these you are missing out bigtime. http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/ Like it buy the album!!!!
I completely agree!
Most MS users out there don't have a clue how to install a driver and configure hardware even when it comes with an easy to use CDROM!
They can't set up thier own networking unless they have a guy from their ISP walking them through it over the phone, and all the while people are complaining because linux is not user freindly enough.
BAAAAH! I say BUL#@HIT!
People buy thier systems prebuilt and preconfigured, they call up thier phone or cable company, and then the have a guy come over and hook it up for them or else have someone walk them through it over the phone.
When they want an upgrade they take it to their local computer shop and have somebody do it for them. (usually paying extortionist rates for it!)
Linux would not be any harder for these people than windows, if only there were the same resources available -- see Monopoly.