[ale] Desktop Linux

[Dan Lambert]

That's pretty much been my take on the desktop Linux outlook too, Jeff.

I've been fiddling with Linux for a while, but never really got serious
until recently. I have in the past, run Red Hat 7.x, SuSE 7.x, Debian, and a
couple of others. Never was really happy with any of them as desktop
environments. I started working with Red Hat 9, and the tools have gotten
exponentially better, but still aren't quite there for a daily use desktop
OS.

Now I understand that there is a better mousetrap, so I figure it's time to
start looking for something that can replace the MS junk I have. I have to
live with compatibility issue relating to MS Office, as that's the chosen
lingua franca of the business world I have to live in. I've gotten fairly
comfortable with the KDE front end, and using OpenOffice.org, but still need
publishing tools and an Adobe Acrobat writer replacement.

I have to be able to create embedded PDFs for publication on a press, etc.,
and many other common business tasks. As soon as these needs are met and I'm
comfortable with the system, I can start moving all of my other computers to
the same OS.

As you can tell, I'm really tired of the same old MSBS.

Dan

PS: Where in Lilburn are you?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jeff
> Hubbs
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 7:55 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Desktop Linux
>
>
> Dan -
>
> Hello, fellow Linux fiend of Lilburn!
>
> Mandrake and SuSE are very well thought of in that regard.  Mandrake's
> urpmi toolset is analagous to Debian's apt-get ans had made living with
> Mandrake a lot easier.  I expect SuSE has something similar now.
> Genroo, Debian, and Slackware are usable too, but it may be more effort
> to get everything looking and working the way you want it.  To the
> extend that Fedora is like the Red Hat of old, that would be very usable
> too.
>
> - Jeff