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| 228570 | 2004-04-11 06:19:00 | A few comments on how Linux could be improved in order to get it more widely used can be read here (www.flexbeta.net). | Susan B (19) | ||
| 228571 | 2004-04-11 06:32:00 | What about running Linux in my car.... can I... where do I go :D | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 228572 | 2004-04-11 09:28:00 | Quote from the article: >In my opinion, taking Linux to the desktop is not complete until Windows application compatibility is achieved. I disagree with this strongly - MS Word has become so widely spread that compatiblity is needed but that (in my opinion) is the end of it. We already have this compatibility in OpenOffice. As for the rest of the software - why try and emulate it when different open source software is just as good and often better? |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 228573 | 2004-04-11 09:46:00 | > Quote from the article: > > > In my opinion, taking Linux to the desktop is not > complete until Windows application compatibility is > achieved. > > I disagree with this strongly - MS Word has become so > widely spread that compatiblity is needed but that > (in my opinion) is the end of it. We already have > this compatibility in OpenOffice. As for the rest of > the software - why try and emulate it when different > open source software is just as good and often > better? Because its not, Linux has next to zero games, no Photoshop alternative (The gimp doesn't measure up) no decent video-editing software.... the list goes on. It has many functional alternatives but from what I have seen is nowhere close to the software available on windows. And emulation of windows is a joke, Linux needs its own programs, why install Linux, then a layer of software to be able to run (badly) windows programs? Much more to computers then just web browsing and .doc files., this is where Linux drops on its arse for the "common man". All the advantages of Linux (of which there is very few and many disadvantages) mean nothing once you tell a new user they better get used to the command prompt, that they will need to compile code, and explain in detail what’s needed to do something as everyday as update a video card driver. People simply don’t want to have to study in order to run the OS, that should be taken care of. Most have better things to do, like actually use the computer for what it was designed for. As I have said in the past, I applaud Linux, its programmers and those souls, who use and promote it, I’m sure it has great things ahead of it. But I also think Linux users are a tiny bit deluded on how good their chosen Os is. |
metla (154) | ||
| 228574 | 2004-04-11 13:48:00 | There must be some good video editing software for Linux because a lot of the film studios are now using Linux. More games are now being written for Linux as well. As for a new user having to learn the command promt. Is Windows any better when there is a major problem | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 228575 | 2004-04-11 14:02:00 | I didn't know that some film studios were using linux,but i was referring more to home user software. I have had a try of some professional grade editing software in the past that while uber powerful were complety unusable by me. |
metla (154) | ||
| 228576 | 2004-04-11 14:17:00 | The special effects for The Lord of the Rings were done using Linux plus several other major films. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 228577 | 2004-04-11 14:26:00 | Yeah,ive been reading up on it a bit. From what i could find they have linux clusters to do all the rendering,the actual editing is done on a varity of platforms(no mention of windows though) and the programs they use are specially written/re-written for the task. |
metla (154) | ||
| 228578 | 2004-04-11 14:32:00 | I’m now thinking PCworld should do an article on the technology/hardware used by weta workshops. Bruce, send the cheque to my usual address (I tell ya, if you don’t give them ideas for the mag it just gets filled up with digital cameras, mobile phones and American content...) |
metla (154) | ||
| 228579 | 2004-04-11 22:13:00 | >>But I also think Linux users are a tiny bit deluded on how good their chosen Os is . Windows wouldn't be the OS it is today without megabucks being spent on it . GNU/Linux's development budget is zilch . Driver support for Linux would be much better if hardware manufacturers released information about writing drivers for their hardware . I may well be wrong but I reckon that Microsoft may well place some "pressure" on hardware manufactures to only produce windows drivers . |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
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