Author: JT Smith
A Sm@rt Partner columnist prefers KDE 2.0 on Caldera for himself, but says Windows 2000 Professional is the best desktop “in terms of applications, stability, and speed.” He adds: “The simple truth is that
Linux, and the rest of the
Unix family, simply aren’t
popular for desktop
systems. Corel, the
company that tried the
hardest to bring out a
commercially successful
desktop version of Linux,
fell flat on its face despite a
pretty darned good
package. I’ll keep using it — and so
will hundreds of thousands of Linux fans — but for the foreseeable future, Linux won’t be appearing on
many desktops.”
Linux, and the rest of the
Unix family, simply aren’t
popular for desktop
systems. Corel, the
company that tried the
hardest to bring out a
commercially successful
desktop version of Linux,
fell flat on its face despite a
pretty darned good
package. I’ll keep using it — and so
will hundreds of thousands of Linux fans — but for the foreseeable future, Linux won’t be appearing on
many desktops.”
Category:
- Linux
