🚀 go-pugleaf

Shane Baker wrote:
> 
> Gidday
> 
> I've owned computers for years, and while I've never been an expert, I've
> managed CP/M, DOS, Windoze and OS/2.
> 
> Linux has me snookered!
> 
> Any suggestions on a book that assumes no knowledge and a reasonable
> intelligence?
> 

Linux is not quite ready for the layman's desktop.
I've been keeping an eye on it for a couple of years
now and Redhat 5.2 coupled with the K Desktop is very,
very good. So good, that my home PC has only been booted
into Windows once in two weeks, ie. since I got Linux
working. Getting it to run X and onto the Internet was
a non-trivial exercise.

The 'problem' with Linux is its versatility - there are
too many many ways of getting from point A to B. There
are a few things which ALL packagers of Linux need to
nail down before it's ready for the big-time:

(1) A common AND full-function GUI. twm, fvwm, etc just don't cut it.
(2) A standard way for the GUI and applications to talk to each other.
(3) Support True Type fonts.
(4) Printing.
(5) Sound.

All of the above can be done now, but there really needs to be ONE
set of programming interfaces for developers of GUI apps. Also, the
API's must constantly evolve otherwise it will stifle the developers.

As a server box, Linux has arrived, and will only get better with
time.