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For the first time in years I have a Linux desktop (albeit on my laptop) again.

In ~500Mb, I have a Debian base install, with XOrg and fluxbox, some basic applications and a basic build envrionment.

X worked perfectly first time, with only a tweak on the mouse sensitivity needed. It hasn't crashed and only required minor fiddling to get my PCMCIA wireless card working.

Last time I tried Linux on a laptop it took about a week to configure. Well played, Debian.
 
Cool, I've also installed linux on my main rig this week dual booting with xp.
Im the same not used it in agess and still pretty new to linux, been trying a few distros not tried debian yet.
 
Yep, i've tried to switch to Linux 3/4 times before with different distros, and eventually gave up, a couple of years later I tried Ubuntu 6.06 and its finally usable as a desktop OS! Hopefully soon Linux will be usable without touching the command line at all.
 
Linux desktops lately have really done a good job. I would not hesitate to set up a rig with Gnome and Ubuntu 6.06 then give it to my grandmother. It just works. I could show here that Firefox is for the Internet and Evolution is for email. VLC Player is for media files. The auto-update does its thing seamlessly.

No worries about viruses, worms, crapware, or anything else. :)
 
Hamish said:
Yep, i've tried to switch to Linux 3/4 times before with different distros, and eventually gave up, a couple of years later I tried Ubuntu 6.06 and its finally usable as a desktop OS! Hopefully soon Linux will be usable without touching the command line at all.
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I almost entierly use the console apart from browsing (im not that hardcore to use lynx :-)) For me its much quicker to do stuff than using a gui. If linux ever starts going like windows and hiding stuff ill be switching to freebsd. Its nice that they have become easier to use for the general population and respect for mark shuttleworth for using his money to further the cause.

Then again my main programs in linux are irssi (text based irc) and vim/gdb.

Linux rootkits/virus's do exist... its just easier for the script kiddies to own windows box's for their botnets. If linux keeps increasing in popularity there will be an increase in the number of malware.
 
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I see what you mean about the terminal, its quicker IF you know how to use it. What we need is something like OSX where the novice and advanced user can work on the same system without being overwhelmed/treated like a noob!.
 
Hamish said:
I see what you mean about the terminal, its quicker IF you know how to use it. What we need is something like OSX where the novice and advanced user can work on the same system without being overwhelmed/treated like a noob!.
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Well I don't know of any distro, even the user friendly ones like ubuntu where you can't open a terminal.

Seriously linux will never not have a strong command line. In linux the console comes first and GUI apps are built ontop of that. Whereas windows it is all designed for the GUI.
 
Una said:
If linux ever starts going like windows and hiding stuff ill be switching to freebsd.
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Linux never will, only certain distros will. Real distros will always be open in their workings. I use Gentoo and also use the terminal for almost everything.
 
Una said:
If linux ever starts going like windows and hiding stuff ill be switching to freebsd.
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If Linux is ever to gain acceptance in the commercial market then the way to go is to make it more user friendly. Which means hiding the mechanics of the OS.
 
Not at all imo. You can achieve total user friendliness but still have a window (pun) to the underlying system which savvy users can use.

Novell's SLED 10 is a very good example of what can be done with the Linux desktop, and the way it should go.
 
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I almost entierly use the console apart from browsing (im not that hardcore to use lynx :-))
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Wuss, elinks all the way :p

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FirebarUK said:
Not at all imo. You can achieve total user friendliness but still have a window (pun) to the underlying system which savvy users can use.
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Oh completely, but the system must be able to be used perfectly for end users' needs without ever having to touch a commandline.
 
Thats definately achievable. SLED 10 has gone a huge way towards that in my opinion and a lot of distro's certainly are aiming at that.

The one thing that could hamper this is legality in many areas. A lot of the time distro's don't have native support for DVD's, wmv, etc all due to the legality of it. The same applies to drivers (fglxr, nvidia - see kororaa's problems at the mo).
 
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