The graphics for Linspire 5 were all done by Everaldo.
http://www.everaldo.com/
He is one of the most talented designers working in the computer industry right now.
The question isn't is Linux ready for the desktop. Of course it is. *nix has been used for years as a desktop OS.
The question is, is the general public ready for Linux. And the answer is no!
There are so many people who run Windows that don't know how to use it - how can we expect them to suddenly learn something new like Linux?
I would guess that over 50% of Windows users have no clue what happens when they install software. Most of them download an applicaiton install file to their desktop, run it, and then leave the install file on the desktop.
I think people should treat PC's like cars. Learn how to use one with an experienced user before you use one alone, and get it serviced every year by a professional.
Then it wouldn't matter what OS was used on the desktop - because people would have been taught how to use it.
I use www.sipphone.com
Use a free softphone package from someone like http://www.xten.com/ and you can have free VOIP or very cheap calls ($0.02 a minute to the US)
Have been using it for over a year and its great.
Have a look at http://info.linspire.com/lsongs/
It runs on Linspire (a version of Linux) which is aimed at Windows converts and newcomers to Linux.
They made sure that it works with many file formats and loads of different players.
Why get bogged down in the battle between M$ and Apple - get Linspire and give Lsongs a go!
They are probably refering to the unfortmatted capacity of the disk.
Even on a PC if you install a 80GB hard disk and format it under Windows using NTFS then you will only get roughly 76GB or so available to use on the drive.
This is because the formatting takes up some of the space.
The Disk has to know where all the files on it are so it creates an area on the disk that acts as a catalogue.
Also depending on the disk format some files take up more room than you might think.
If the disk is formatted with 32K clusters (not going to go that technical here to describe all of the settings with cluisters etc) and a file is saved that is 33K then it will take up 64K space on the disk.
hence why on windowss machine you can look at the properties of a file and it'll say something along the lines of size: 1024K size on disk: 1298K
This is why the actual amount of storage may vary depending on what is stored on the device.
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The graphics for Linspire 5 were all done by Everaldo. http://www.everaldo.com/ He is one of the most talented designers working in the computer industry right now.
The question isn't is Linux ready for the desktop. Of course it is. *nix has been used for years as a desktop OS. The question is, is the general public ready for Linux. And the answer is no! There are so many people who run Windows that don't know how to use it - how can we expect them to suddenly learn something new like Linux? I would guess that over 50% of Windows users have no clue what happens when they install software. Most of them download an applicaiton install file to their desktop, run it, and then leave the install file on the desktop. I think people should treat PC's like cars. Learn how to use one with an experienced user before you use one alone, and get it serviced every year by a professional. Then it wouldn't matter what OS was used on the desktop - because people would have been taught how to use it.
I use www.sipphone.com Use a free softphone package from someone like http://www.xten.com/ and you can have free VOIP or very cheap calls ($0.02 a minute to the US) Have been using it for over a year and its great.
Have a look at http://info.linspire.com/lsongs/ It runs on Linspire (a version of Linux) which is aimed at Windows converts and newcomers to Linux. They made sure that it works with many file formats and loads of different players. Why get bogged down in the battle between M$ and Apple - get Linspire and give Lsongs a go!
They are probably refering to the unfortmatted capacity of the disk.
Even on a PC if you install a 80GB hard disk and format it under Windows using NTFS then you will only get roughly 76GB or so available to use on the drive.
This is because the formatting takes up some of the space.
The Disk has to know where all the files on it are so it creates an area on the disk that acts as a catalogue.
Also depending on the disk format some files take up more room than you might think.
If the disk is formatted with 32K clusters (not going to go that technical here to describe all of the settings with cluisters etc) and a file is saved that is 33K then it will take up 64K space on the disk.
hence why on windowss machine you can look at the properties of a file and it'll say something along the lines of size: 1024K size on disk: 1298K
This is why the actual amount of storage may vary depending on what is stored on the device.