Is Linux ready to enter the desktop market?
Sorry, don't know if this may have already been posted before in the past, but I would be interested in you're opinions.
Personally, I believe that as soon as some form of "standard" distribution gets ironed out and more commercial suppoert picks up, it may perhaps be ready for the layman to use.
My friend isn't very computer literate and I set him up with Mandrake 9.0. Luckily, all he uses his PC for is to write papers for college (OpenOffice), download music (lime wire OR kazaa using WINE), and browsing the internet, in which he has a choice of Mozilla, Netscape, Konquer, and Opera. I got it all set up for him in about two hours, and he's been happy with it for the past 2 months!
Re: Is Linux ready to enter the desktop market?
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Originally posted by carrja99
Sorry, don't know if this may have already been posted before in the past, but I would be interested in you're opinions.
Personally, I believe that as soon as some form of "standard" distribution gets ironed out and more commercial suppoert picks up, it may perhaps be ready for the layman to use.
My friend isn't very computer literate and I set him up with Mandrake 9.0. Luckily, all he uses his PC for is to write papers for college (OpenOffice), download music (lime wire OR kazaa using WINE), and browsing the internet, in which he has a choice of Mozilla, Netscape, Konquer, and Opera. I got it all set up for him in about two hours, and he's been happy with it for the past 2 months!
the purpose of linux is to be free and opensource. made by programmers for programmers. not by programmers for other peoples. plus you cannot sell linux. its udner gnu liscence meaning it must be opensource and free. thats why its there!
linux wasnt ever meant for the layman. if it were it would turn into a dead clone of windows.
Re: Re: Is Linux ready to enter the desktop market?
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Originally posted by Klinerr1
the purpose of linux is to be free and opensource. made by programmers for programmers. not by programmers for other peoples. plus you cannot sell linux. its udner gnu liscence meaning it must be opensource and free. thats why its there!
linux wasnt ever meant for the layman. if it were it would turn into a dead clone of windows.
You can't sell Linux?? You're pretty misinformed aren't you? Most all distributions have boxed copies that they sell in software stores and you can't get Suse unless you buy it....they don't offer ISOs for download.
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Originally posted by Klinerr1
plus you cannot sell linux. its udner gnu liscence meaning it must be opensource and free. .
better reread the gnu-gpl :D