what kind of argument is that? Certainly you can come up with something better? And you’re telling me to quit trolling? It’s ready for anyone with more than a peanut between their ears.Ĭome on, man. Or anyone who’s willing to give up functiionality for ‘political’ reasons, yes? It means it’s ready for anyone that’s not afraid of change. See, that’s the only way that you can justify Linux being ‘ready’, by trying to dictate to people what they should and should not use in order to try and squeeze them into the sandbox. Unless they build sites for a living, then they should be using a text editor. I think Mozilla composer is all the HTML editor anyone should need anyway (Which makes me wonder if Linux can play SimCity 4?) EFAX MESSENGER MACINTOSH WINDOWSWell, I certainly don’t, but even quite a few diehard Linux pundets keep a Windows partition around for this very reason.įYI I don’t seem to have any trouble with Starcraft, Warcraft, SimCity 3000, or any of the popcap games.Īll games that have run in Windows since the beginning. (Hint: If you don’t see video, it isn’t working right.) Log on to on your Linux box and tell me what you get. Not hardly – I never said it wasn’t possible to listen to music on Linux. So, tell me how well voice/video chat works on your version of Yahoo Menssenger? What about IMViroments? so, unless you don’t run a firewall on your Linux box, I’d say that makes us about even. Sure if you need Photoshop or Cakewalk you are out of luck, so what, that doesn’t mean it’s not ready for others. There are PLENTY of applications available now for a wide variety of uses. It’s ready for anyone with more than a peanut between their ears. >Ok, so what the hell does that mean? Anybody running apps outside of the ‘sandbox’ can just learn to do without? What kind of justification is that? >Desktop Linux is as ‘ready’ as anyone makes it. I think Mozilla composer is all the HTML editor anyone should need anyway unless they build sites for a living, then they should be using a text editor. I guess you missed my little desktop snapshot the other day. And what do you need to write web pages, a text editor? (Certainly not Ultraedit, but that’s beside the point.) If you want games, use Windows it’s a GREAT TOY OS. Who cares, FYI I don’t seem to have any trouble with Starcraft, Warcraft, SimCity 3000, or any of the popcap games. How many of these will run on your Linux box, and with a respectable amount of performance? One can only stand Tuxracer & UT2003 for so long >Go to any Comp USA or Electronic Botique and get a list of the top 10-15 selling games presently. Where’s the problem? I can’t recall any sites that aren’t available to me. I have Shockwave, Flash 6, Acrobat, JAVA, QuickTime, WMP, efax, shutterfly, etc. >With limitations – even browsing the web with Mozilla on Windows can be quite painful, especially the sites heavy on video/multimedia/plugins. Really? I have AOL’s AIM, Yahoo’s Yahoo Messenger WTF are you talking about? Have you actually used Linux, oop Bill’s itchy again, you better go get some! >Sure, with merely a ‘subset’ of the features that the Win32 IM clients have. HAHAHA Catch up to what, needing 10 applications to start at boot to protect your computer long enough to check your email? >Yes, but then again, so is the playground … it’s always going to be a game of catch-up. >The Linux ‘sandbox’ is growing in size on an hourly basis, Darius. Ok, so what the hell does that mean? Anybody running apps outside of the ‘sandbox’ can just learn to do without? What kind of justification is that? And what do you need to write web pages, a text editor? (Certainly not Ultraedit, but that’s beside the point.)ĭesktop Linux is as ‘ready’ as anyone makes it. How many of these will run on your Linux box, and with a respectable amount of performance? One can only stand Tuxracer & UT2003 for so longĪgain, not impressed. Go to any Comp USA or Electronic Botique and get a list of the top 10-15 selling games presently. With limitations – even browsing the web with Mozilla on Windows can be quite painful, especially the sites heavy on video/multimedia/plugins. Sure, with merely a ‘subset’ of the features that the Win32 IM clients have. Yes, but then again, so is the playground … it’s always going to be a game of catch-up. The Linux ‘sandbox’ is growing in size on an hourly basis, Darius.
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