Ya mean those "Ma had trouble on Slackware so Linux is not desktop-ready" type stories?
Posted by: silentstone
on May 18, 2008 01:45 PM
I agree with you that the "is it desktop-ready?!?" question is overused. It can still mean something, maybe just not what it's come to mean--absolutely bugfree, with ready tech-support that successfully fixed all problems, and all the applications that /I/ like to use. There's no such thing, not even precious Windows XP: We see how much trouble people have with their XP machines!
However, I disagree with you on the usefulness of newbie Linux-introductions. These often show where some things work or don't work, and can be helpful to developers. They're simply different perspectives, case studies. But they aren't good for broad generalizations such as that stated in my title. The questions would arise: "Who's your Ma, especially compared to anybody else who uses computers? What is Slackware, especially compared to any other distro? Define 'desktop-ready'?"
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Ya mean those "Ma had trouble on Slackware so Linux is not desktop-ready" type stories?
Posted by: silentstone on May 18, 2008 01:45 PMHowever, I disagree with you on the usefulness of newbie Linux-introductions. These often show where some things work or don't work, and can be helpful to developers. They're simply different perspectives, case studies. But they aren't good for broad generalizations such as that stated in my title. The questions would arise: "Who's your Ma, especially compared to anybody else who uses computers? What is Slackware, especially compared to any other distro? Define 'desktop-ready'?"
No, sweeping generalizations help nobody.
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