Linux Desktop Initiative

[Francis X. Maier]

Check this out.  Very insightful.  The problem is not restricted to the 
Mac hardware environment:

http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_4/levesque/index.html

Fran Maier


On May 1, 2004, at 8:13 AM, Robert Lewis wrote:

>
> On Saturday, May 1, 2004, at 09:56  AM, Ed Sutherland wrote:
>
>> After several months of complaints and concerns regarding the 
>> complexity of
>> using a Linux distribution as a desktop alternative to the two major 
>> options
>> -- Windows or Mac -- I've concluded it is time we, the users, 
>> contribute to our own computing environment and make Gnome or KDE 
>> more hospitable to the
>> average user.
>>
>> To that end, I'd like to compile a series of FAQs written for the 
>> average user
>> in everyday language addresses the most pressing issues: making Linux
>> productive for the average person. While their is a plethora of tips, 
>> hints
>> and clues now available, they are often hidden in out-of-the-way 
>> locations,
>> written in engineering language or spend inordinate time on obscure 
>> points....
>
>
>   This is a great idea.  The most important thing for me is that it 
> install effortlessly on ALL Mac platforms, at least all those produced 
> in the last, say, three years.
>
>   I bought yellowdog linux last fall to use on my shiny new G4.  
> Installation was a nightmare and I eventually just got sick of it.  
> I've  never yet got it done.  The lack of professionalism is 
> mind-boggling.  This is in marked contrast to the linux I put on a 
> Dell, SUSe.
>
>   Repeat:  EFFORTLESS --  ALL RECENT PLATFORMS.
>
> Bob Lewis
>
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