Viable Linux Destop?

jaguar · 10-23-2001, 11:12 AM

dhamsaic

me thinks u have a point. Diversity is the key but also the weakness. Its not hard to port stuff between *nix's, if everything but windows has a nix base Linux should get the critical mass to make it viable to port big apps. Ill be curious to see waht Adobe does, could OSX Photoshop be ported to linux?

Already the wide range of distros make linux sueable for people of pretty much every level. Only thing i'd majorly like to hcange is have either all .deb, or all .rpm, no arballs, no dual formats. Linux needs to be able to install and uninstall apps with windows-like ease.

(be gentle i *am* posting at 1:15am here, i hate my school)

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10-23-2001, 11:12 AM	#33
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	dhamsaic me thinks u have a point. Diversity is the key but also the weakness. Its not hard to port stuff between nix's, if everything but windows has a nix base Linux should get the critical mass to make it viable to port big apps. Ill be curious to see waht Adobe does, could OSX Photoshop be ported to linux? Already the wide range of distros make linux sueable for people of pretty much every level. Only thing i'd majorly like to hcange is have either all .deb, or all .rpm, no arballs, no dual formats. Linux needs to be able to install and uninstall apps with windows-like ease. (be gentle i am* posting at 1:15am here, i hate my school) __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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