[ale] Desktop Linux

[Jeff Hubbs]

Do check out this Slashdot story from todaY:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/25/1930243&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=126&tid=163&tid=185&tid=190

Ark looks especially interesting.

- Jeff

On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 20:30, Dan Lambert wrote:
> 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
> 
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