A list of Linux weaknesses making the rounds
Wataru Tenga
a substantial extent, true as a general list of Linux weaknesses. It
should be noted, however, that some of the better distros have solved or
are in the process of solving some of these issues.
http://linuxfonts.narod.ru/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.html
I was going to post the article itself, but I see the author doesn't
want the article reproduced without permission.
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Wataru Tenga, Tokyo
Keith Wilkinson
and Netbook markets -- you can get much better performance
and much better battery life with Linux. Even Intel recognizes
this, see the report about Moblin (Mobile Linux) in the following
Intel news clip.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2347342,00.asp
Note also that Intel is reported as offering a second version for
desktops.
Virtually all of the major security holes in Windows relate
to Web Surfing or MS Office (including MS Office macros).
Now it's possible to use virtualization to run a lightweight,
throwaway LINUX environment on top of Windows for fast,
safe web surfing, and for opening Zip archives or Office
files, to minimize the risk of trojan, macro or other infection.
nanpu...@yahoo.co.jp
> In case you haven't seen this, I'm posting it because I think it is, to
> a substantial extent, true as a general list of Linux weaknesses. It
> should be noted, however, that some of the better distros have solved or
> are in the process of solving some of these issues.
Looks like a typical case of YMMV... :-)
For what i do - reading files created with a variety of other
applications (regardless of OS), writing articles (nothing more
complicated than tables; no multimedia embeds), doing e-mail, and
scouring the web for information (including the odd audio and video
file) - my "new" desktop machine with Ubuntu looks like just right
(actually more so: from my old Powerbook with Mac OS 9 i can access
the Ubuntu machine and exchange files via AppleTalk, something i was
unable to do when i used a desktop machine with Mac OS X (thanks to an
AppleTalk version incompatibility).
Regards: Hendrik
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Wataru Tenga
nanpuu27do wrote...
> > In case you haven't seen this, I'm posting it because I think it is, to
> > a substantial extent, true as a general list of Linux weaknesses. It
> > should be noted, however, that some of the better distros have solved or
> > are in the process of solving some of these issues.
>
> Looks like a typical case of YMMV... :-)
>
> For what i do -
Yes, for what you do. Just to be clear, nowhere did the article (or did
I) say you should not use Linux. But for many translators who are
thinking about whether or not to make the switch to Linux, these are
factors you may want to weigh. Many of them, like the sound situation,
are only annoying and not necessarily fatal. Some of them can be
overcome with a bit of effort.
For me personally, it comes down to applications. Right now I still tend
to prefer working with applications like Sleipnir browser that Linux
does not have, and I still somewhat prefer MS Office to OpenOffice.org,
over all. As a text editor, I prefer EmEditor to any of the Linux
offerings. And so on. But if you are happy with Linux applications and
can get the system itself working to your satisfaction, you will be
better off, arguably, than using Windows or Mac.
Wataru