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It's time to retire "ready for the desktop"

Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 190.198.159.103] on May 18, 2008 06:53 PM
I agree that linux is ready for desktop, but certain things that don't have relation with the system slows linux adoption. A simple example are drivers. Few companies provide linux drivers and the few drivers provided are generally not as efficient or good as in the windows platform. Linux kernel has a BIG BASE of free drivers, but some peripherals must have propietary drivers in order to work better. Examples: Graphic Cards (Nvidia made his homework here, ATI/AMD drivers still pose problems), WebCams (few manufacturers provide linux drivers in this category). Im a linux user 100 %, but i think there is space for improvement from the industry side.

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