On Wednesday 08 January 2003 10:21 am, Nikhil Joshi wrote:
- Better hardware support:
Right on the money :) .
- Less dependence on root:
2.2
My family members would like to install the apps they downloaded from the net (rpm files). How to ensure that they can install the stuff? (sudo ? but they can accidently uninstall some progs that I installed How to prevent that?)
Hmm. Even if it were possible to give only install priviledges, IMO, this would create a lot of virus/worms related problems in Linux quite similar to those facing windows. Hence this would naturally lead to anti-virus software becoming common on Linux. Linux would be stepping on the road that Windows strode on a few years back, which, IMO is not desirable.
Leaner Desktop Environments
Personal experience: GNOME/KDE, supposedly default desktop environs are slow (thats an understatement) on Pentium 166/32MB RAM. IMHO Windows GUI
is leaner and more intuitive than KDE,GNOME (Caveat: I do not use Windows)
I use Fluxbox. It is *only* for experienced users. (OK I'm not claiming to be one ;)
Hmmm. I have never worked on a Linux powered computer with speed less than 800 Mhz. But on the ones I have worked, I have always noticed that GNOME/KDE are much faster than XP/2000. Infact on my own computer, after a linux session, if i boot into Windows, I am always dissappointed at the speed of the GUI.
BTW, I, too, use flux, on my gentoo system, and it is so amazingly quick :D .
Better Software support
Unless and until there is support for : Educational CDs (GRE,TOEFEL,GMAT...) Encyclopedia CDs ISP CDs (VSNL dialer CD e.g.) etc.
we can be *very sure* that Linux wont be as useful as Windows for
students and home users
More Games please
Frankly majority of teenagers are gaming enthusiasts and understandibly
so. Linux does not stand in the competition AFA games are concerned. OK there may be QUAKES and DOOMS but the numbers are nowhere near as those offered by Windows.
Better software support is necessary, be it games or otherwise. But i think that if the corporate world successfully adopts linux for all their productivity requirements, then a market will be created for Linux on the desktop. This market will then encourage more and more software vendors to port their apps to linux. Infact, we have already seen examples of such a phenomenon. Unreal Tournament 2003 came out with a Linux edition which is an absolute beauty :). I also believe that emulators like Wine etc, cannot be looked on as good long term solutions. They are excellent products which allows us to use Win32 apps easily. But, IMO, in the long term, the goal should be create versions on these apps native to Linux.
Better/Easier Development environment
OK C may be good for experienced programmers. But I've seen many novice people write good sofware with VB. It is easy (period)
You might change your mind after you have a look at Python. Here is what (famous) people have to say about the ease and power of python. http://www.thinkware.se/cgi-bin/thinki.cgi/PythonQuotes
The (regulary) irregular crashes
Please.. make some feature so that Linux crashes sometimes. It kinda
gives you that deja-vu feeling. ah... those were the days :)
Actually, what you say sounds about right. I haven't had to reboot my Gentoo system for 15 days now and it just doesn't feel right. So yeah crashing the OS regularly and intentfully is a good idea.
Relax. I was joking. For god's sake, please lets NOT implement the last feature.