Linux Desktop Initiative

[Ed Sutherland]

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.

What issues need the earliest attention? I think we have a good handle on that 
just reading the questions posted to these lists.
 
If Linux is to become a desktop alternative, it must have more going for its 
user attractiveness than simply being free.

Ed