The Failures Of Desktop Linux 882
PDAJames writes "Maybe Linux isn't quite ready for the desktop after all. After an earlier, very positive evaluation of SuSE Linux Desktop, ZDNet UK has carried out a more in-depth review, running the system in a production environment for two weeks, and found it wanting. A key problem area was interacting with the corporate Windows network. When will this stuff finally be ironed out?"
Linux is missing integration, ironing out and... (Score:1, Informative)
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3064 [osnews.com]
Re:Other boxen (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Doesn't play well with Windows boxes? (Score:2, Informative)
Xandros for Windows domain authentication (Score:1, Informative)
For further information check out the following article.
http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT45597689
Xandros Server is due anytime soon, and Xandros Desktop 2.0 should be due out around November or thereabouts.
While its an excellent distro, not enough people know about its merits. It is the best distro for the corporate desktop where, integration into a windows environment is important.
Re:Not exactly fair (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Silly question, but... (Score:3, Informative)
It's just a case of one being graphical and one being a command program. Hire your favourite 14 year old nephew to program a Network Neighbourhood GUI that uses nmap, rpcinfo and showmount. Or teach the GUI users to use nmap, rpcinfo and showmount.
When will what get worked out? (Score:3, Informative)
Microsoft's lack of open standards with stuff it develops?
MPlayers plays stuff Windows XP won't play (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Doesn't play well with Windows boxes? (Score:0, Informative)
That made no sense.
Unless your just being a stubborn nix player.
That made no sense.
your talking about training hundreds of employes
That made no sense.
Linux isn't ready, eh? (Score:3, Informative)
Desktops:
For certain desktop aspects? Yes. Linux needs to play nicely, users aren't going to compromise.
That said, I think it's very fair to argue that with the same corporate setup (IT guys doing all software administration for 90% of employees), Linux does fine for the vast majority. The hardest part of using Linux is getting programs installed and working and configured, which is all an admin job. Like it or not, the rest is generally pie. Most Linux applications (Galeon, Gaim, AbiWord, Evolution) all have very easy-to-use GUIs. I don't see Linux lacking here.
Servers:
I'm sure some folks will correct me, and I'm sure that even more will nitpick here, but how well did Windows work with UNIX? Can it do NFS well? Kerberos? All the client software worked with UNIX I would assume, but somehow I doubt that NT was extremely UNIX friendly upon its introduction. Somehow I don't see the "new technologies must be friendly" in this instance. Can anyone (intelligently) point out a flaw in my logic? (it's late)
Cheers
Listen in... (Score:1, Informative)
Windows is the market leader, it's everywhere,
and since windows holds 95% share of the desktop computers linux has to play by it's rules...
Joe user dosen't care if it's windows, mac or linux, the only thing that counts is that they have their mail (outlook?), office and other apps and that their familiar enviroment. And in my opinion linux isn't quite ready for the desktop..
As a long time windows user (and linux dualobooting since rh 5.0) I finnaly tried to make linux my primary desktop... ehh.. afther a couple of months, I reinstalled xp.. and just a few weeks ago I tried MacOS X at a friend, and you know what? I Switches, and never looked back, I bought myself nice 15" powerbook.. everything is just so slick and smooth and it just WORKS!
until linux gets atleast the half of the slickness of xp or os x it has no chance, really.
Re:bit off topic but.. (Score:2, Informative)
But in 1940 their panzers were inferior to e.g. the French, unfortunately the French used them in a way that was outdated (only in support of infantry, WWI style) while the Germans used them in a superior way (as the spear point of their army).
Re:Silly question, but... (Score:1, Informative)