Consistency, software and hardware support.
kraterz | 08/10/09
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And the various flavours of MS Windows are different? - nt
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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No, but better marketed.
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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I agree, which is why I earlier listed that as the issue - nt
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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Yeah,
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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And the same applies to games too - nt
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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What About Wireless Networking ?
microface@... | 08/11/09
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Again, vendor pre-installation is the solution.
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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this is mostly an issue with many of the hardware
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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Now that can't be true
SinisterSlay | 08/13/09
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I gather you've never seen a product advertised as
Deadly Ernest | 08/13/09
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I can't think of any that worked out of the box
SinisterSlay | 08/13/09
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During the late 1990s and early 2000s I used to see a lot
Deadly Ernest | 08/13/09
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Were discussing how to improve Linux
bryantwalley | 08/11/09
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He was addressing the 'choice confusion' issue
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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the previous post I responded to I made a comment about
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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Ah, But There's a Difference
rickk@... | 08/16/09
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NOT evolutions and the Win variants are just as numerous
Deadly Ernest | 08/16/09
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Nice Try...
rickk@... | 08/17/09
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I see the truth hurts - you say they aren't all available at
Deadly Ernest | 08/17/09
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evolution, how so?
roy.evison@... | 08/18/09
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See below - Yes but Standards First
Sagax- | 08/11/09
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For those I know,
amoeba@... | 08/12/09
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MATLAB
joe.jordan86@... | 08/11/09
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Are we the only company surviving without Photoshop?
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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Hardware configuration options.
boxfiddler | 08/11/09
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All true - but Standards FIRST
Sagax- | 08/11/09
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What do you mean by Standards FIRST?
sskisuze@... | 08/12/09
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slight problem
rhomp2002@... | 08/11/09
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Hardware issues
phil.ferrar@... | 08/11/09
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RE: Poll: Which area of Linux could use the most improvement?
ejmarkow | 08/10/09
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I disagree with most of the apps side
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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How do I script a click event into an AVI or MPEG movie on a website? {nt}
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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that depends upon the scripting you use.
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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So if I want active content in the movie
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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What sort of active content do you need in a movie?
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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How about Codecs
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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you can set your browser to use a plug in or a full player
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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But then you get this sort of stupidity
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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With MPEG being a better compression, you could use that
Deadly Ernest | 08/12/09
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Apps
rickk@... | 08/16/09
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I don't need flash.
jeslurkin | 08/17/09
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Standard or not, it is the customer's choice
Forum Surfer | 08/18/09
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If someone wants to sell me something, they need to do it in
Deadly Ernest | 08/18/09
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Now that I can agree with
Forum Surfer | 08/18/09
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most needed linux improvements
roy.evison@... | 08/13/09
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Other: Vendor installation.
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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Documentation
tech10171968 | 08/11/09
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There's plenty of documentation and it's beena round a
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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True, there's plenty of it around
tech10171968 | 08/11/09
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That's long been my impression.
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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exactly, just like the help in DOS - nt
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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But we're not encouraging people to migrate to DOS.
Palmetto | 08/12/09
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All the Linux systems I've tried out in the last seven years
Deadly Ernest | 08/12/09
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BSD documentation....
tbmay | 08/11/09
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Marketing is where it really needs to lift up
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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And yet, every month nVidia will release a new driver that adds new feature
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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the commands between the OS and the hardware in MS
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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So in short, the standard command set is not good enough
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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the standard command set is good enough - but nVidea
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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Marketing
jprigot | 08/11/09
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Other: Documentation.... How To's
ThumbsUp2 | 08/11/09
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There are the same support services available for Linux
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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Tell a newbie to go on a linux forum
dbozek | 08/11/09
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Bull
rhomp2002@... | 08/11/09
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Over the last couple of years I've used the forums for the
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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I've had good results and experiences at
Palmetto | 08/12/09
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And -- Available documentation worthless for newbie
hhitchco@... | 08/11/09
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RE: Poll: Which area of Linux could use the most improvement?
silvergrrl | 08/11/09
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Maybe you should have dual-booted first
tech10171968 | 08/11/09
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Perhaps, but...
silvergrrl | 08/14/09
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Learning timelines.
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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You are correct
silvergrrl | 08/14/09
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What distro were you using
rhomp2002@... | 08/11/09
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Yes, I "bothered" to look
silvergrrl | 08/14/09
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Quality control
reggaethecat | 08/11/09
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Open Source Developers develop what they want
Tony Hopkinson | 08/11/09
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Loads of developers developing crap apps
reggaethecat | 08/12/09
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No you aren't and you don't. Seeing as you aren't and
Tony Hopkinson | 08/12/09
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No...
reggaethecat | 08/14/09
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High quality and windows is a limited list
Tony Hopkinson | 08/14/09
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Tempting...
reggaethecat | 08/17/09
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That is a good start ! !
Larry.Barnhill@... | 08/13/09
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A Good Samba and CUPS GUI.
joe.jordan86@... | 08/11/09
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CUPS GUI
tech10171968 | 08/11/09
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Well you are a programmer. Write one !
Tony Hopkinson | 08/11/09
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Vendor Support
csmith.kaze | 08/11/09
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B@st@rds?
Palmetto | 08/11/09
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And never will be, until they do :(
Tony Hopkinson | 08/11/09
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Games Games Games...
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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Games, indeed
Smeags | 08/11/09
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Gamers almost control the home market
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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I have to agree
Forum Surfer | 08/12/09
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Games
jck | 08/11/09
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Gaming
mist27@... | 08/11/09
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I agree
jeslurkin | 08/11/09
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Drivers, Drivers, Drivers, Drivers, Drivers
bobgroz | 08/11/09
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Gotta disagree here...
tech10171968 | 08/11/09
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Unfair playing ground...
SinisterSlay | 08/11/09
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...And the same exact thing would happen...
tech10171968 | 08/11/09
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yeah but do i care?
Forum Surfer | 08/12/09
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Exactly my point
SinisterSlay | 08/13/09
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I always throw out the driver disc
Forum Surfer | 08/18/09
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Depends on the device for me
SinisterSlay | 08/18/09
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So you have a bunch of hardware that the manufacturers
Deadly Ernest | 08/11/09
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Marketing
The 'G-Man.' | 08/11/09
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RE: Poll: Which area of Linux could use the most improvement?
nathan.calvert@... | 08/11/09
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Newbies, newbies, newbies are the way...
mikifinaz1@... | 08/11/09
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Standards will help with this issue
ireaneus | 08/12/09
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RE: Poll: Which area of Linux could use the most improvement?
douglashindle@... | 08/11/09
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Strange...
amoeba@... | 08/12/09
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RE: Poll: Which area of Linux could use the most improvement?
xmechanic@... | 08/12/09
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Fonts
John MacKellar | 08/12/09
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I noticed that too in Ubuntu
SinisterSlay | 08/13/09
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I'm glad Point-of-Sale was mentioned
motie38@... | 08/12/09
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Self-documenting Configuration Files with the five W's (and H)
micheldufrenoy@... | 08/12/09
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Can't get no better than this.....
FXEF | 08/12/09
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How can you say that?
SinisterSlay | 08/13/09
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Stop wingeing "to compete with Microsoft and Apple."
plrndl@... | 08/13/09
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Biased a little are we? {nt}
SinisterSlay | 08/13/09
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Why Does Everyone Say That?
rickk@... | 08/16/09
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I agree, Apple doesn't just work
Forum Surfer | 08/17/09
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True, except for a few situations where a box has been
Deadly Ernest | 08/17/09
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But it still doesn't just work
Forum Surfer | 08/18/09
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RE: Poll: Which area of Linux could use the most improvement?
herk@... | 08/13/09
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That's a very sticky market
Tony Hopkinson | 08/14/09
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These three areas would help
Matureman | 08/19/09
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RE: Poll: Which area of Linux could use the most improvement?
mocca007@... | 08/25/09
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