Linux desktop distributions are headed in the wrong direction Publication: The Jem Report Date: Jun 29 2006 Reporter: Jem Matzan The impending release of Windows Vista with its fancy Aero Glass special effects, along with the hasty addition of the similar XGL and Compiz technologies to the latest SUSE Linux release makes me think that programmers have a warped idea of what desktop computing is about. For some reason, many GNU/Linux users are concerned about competing feature-for-feature with Vista, while Apple and Microsoft struggle to add more graphical extras to their already graphics-intensive desktop OSes. It's gotten so that you need a serious 3D video card (with proprietary drivers) and a fairly fast computer just to keep up with desktop environments. Whatever happened to being productive and having fun? Read comments Read full article Read full article in new window See other articles by Jem Matzan See other articles published by The Jem Report Today's headlines Headlines for Jun 29, 2006   Comments Subject Posted by Date Agreed Ptah 29 Jun, 09:30 Much ado about nothing. frogman 29 Jun, 12:43 [ all comments ]
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