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Linux Magazine: Time for the Linux Desktop
Jul 12, 2004, 11 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (7408 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"I've always been, well, skeptical about the Linux desktop. Now, I use one myself, KDE on top of SuSE Linux 8, thank you very much, but then I know Linux.

"I mean, come on, I was using Unix before Linus looked at Minix. I've been perfectly happy with interfaces like the C shell. For that matter, I still am. I spend a lot of my computer time in terminal windows using bash, with vi as my text editor and elm as my e-mail client. But how many people are like me...?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Approximate release dates (found on ftp: ...   SuSE Linux 8?   
balcksmith
Jul 12, 2004, 12:19:56
 
SJVN is absolutely correct in his analys ...   To Extend This Train of Thought....   
Nicholas Donovan
Jul 12, 2004, 12:30:55
 
I use linux at work and at home.  Mandra ...   True for me   
stew
Jul 12, 2004, 13:06:53
 
 > I use linux at work and at home.  Man ...   Re: True for me : bash is easy for day to day work   
Alain EMPAIN
Jul 12, 2004, 14:20:12
 
It is going to hurt, really hurt MS when ...   All we need is OEM   
Kevin
Jul 12, 2004, 14:52:07
 
Spot on Mr. Donovan. I would ask though  ...   Re: To Extend This Train of Thought....   
David McGovern
Jul 12, 2004, 15:05:23
 
First of all, aren't a lot of PC sal ...   Re: All we need is OEM   
Kavey
Jul 12, 2004, 18:42:49
 
Computers exist to help us get more done ...   Useability factor   
NeoSadist
Jul 13, 2004, 08:19:31
 
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