Viable Linux Destop?

Hubris Boy · 08-30-2001, 04:45 PM

I like Linux (and Gnome)... as a hobby, at home. But, at least in the short-term, I don't see it becoming any more than that. I once saw a tee-shirt that sums up it's shortcomings: "Linux is only free if your time has no value." (Granted, the wearer was a rabid *BSD partisan, but the point is still valid.)

I can't imagine using it at work. Too much resistance... too much trouble to overcome 15 years of M$-inspired inertia... too much trouble to keep explaining to people why they have to send you a plaintext file because you can't read a .doc file. Take your pick.

I admire your courage, Jag, but I think I'll have to continue to dual-boot for the foreseeable future.

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08-30-2001, 04:45 PM	#5
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	I like Linux (and Gnome)... as a hobby, at home. But, at least in the short-term, I don't see it becoming any more than that. I once saw a tee-shirt that sums up it's shortcomings: "Linux is only free if your time has no value." (Granted, the wearer was a rabid BSD partisan, but the point is still valid.) I can't imagine using it at work. Too much resistance... too much trouble to overcome 15 years of M$-inspired inertia... too much trouble to keep explaining to people why* they have to send you a plaintext file because you can't read a .doc file. Take your pick. I admire your courage, Jag, but I think I'll have to continue to dual-boot for the foreseeable future.

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