Desktop Linux

[swhiser]

Karsten Wade wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 20:17 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi
>>
>>Aza dotzler presentation on requirements for Desktop Linux is a relevant 
>>article for what is appealing to the target audience
>>
>>http://piercedotzler.com/asa/linux%20%96%20in%20search%20of%20the%20desktop.pdf
>>    
>>
>
>Owch, painful to read presentation.  Guess my desktop isn't ready for
>it.
>
>This is the usual chicken-egg problem.  He is full of what desktop
>developers should do.
>
>There are a few good points in there, which are overshadowed by problems
>not addressed.  For example, how does he propose getting all of these
>preferences off a proprietary file system and out of proprietary
>applications?  To live side-by-side, Windows needs to be installed on a
>FAT file system, which is usually not the case in the NTFS world.
>
>I appreciate that Linux desktop developers are trying to do better than
>just to cater to Windows users.
>
>People act like Windows is the be-all of computer experience.  People
>get used to changes because they have to.  Linux desktop being
>widespread will likely come about for the same reason Windows got
>widespread -- businesses adopted it, users got used to it at work, and
>they brought it home.
>
>When that happens, I will be proud that we didn't produce a Windows
>clone.
>
>- Karsten
>  
>

The presentation speaks for itself as to why Linux can't get across.
-Sam Hiser

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