Comments on: Beryl Could Change Everything For Linux http://buzzdroid.com/linux/beryl-could-change-everything-for-linux/ Strategery In Action Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Chet http://buzzdroid.com/linux/beryl-could-change-everything-for-linux/#comment-50 Chet Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:45:21 +0000 http://buzzdroid.com/linux/beryl-could-change-everything-for-linux/#comment-50 I'm going to have to agree with the point made by alf. I could not run my 5000.00 ipf8000 printer from linux - at least not with any color accuracy if at all. Granted, few people own a 44" wide-format printer, but for me it's a barrier. Nevertheless, I am writing this from a 1998 fist generation powermac (the yosemity sam g3 verions) with 128 megs of ram and a 4 gig HD. It may be the last one in operation. The only reason the computer wasn't trashed 5 years ago is because I am running linux on it. The average home user needs a decent image program (gimp is more than enough for a homeboy) and the tools to manipulate some video, and your basic office/email/browser suite. Linux has all that. Linux is a great system. Really the next big step is iTunes support. Linux won't be a serious contender for the home desktop until they have that. And alf is right, many third party vendors don't release the necessary linux drivers for their equipment. However, just like with mac software, it wasn't until a significant user base starting bitching about not having mac support, did they start supporting the mac platform. Linux is a bit of a niche product right now. Maybe in 2010 everything will be unix based. I for one will be glad to see it. I’m going to have to agree with the point made by alf. I could not run my 5000.00 ipf8000 printer from linux - at least not with any color accuracy if at all. Granted, few people own a 44″ wide-format printer, but for me it’s a barrier.

Nevertheless, I am writing this from a 1998 fist generation powermac (the yosemity sam g3 verions) with 128 megs of ram and a 4 gig HD. It may be the last one in operation. The only reason the computer wasn’t trashed 5 years ago is because I am running linux on it.

The average home user needs a decent image program (gimp is more than enough for a homeboy) and the tools to manipulate some video, and your basic office/email/browser suite. Linux has all that. Linux is a great system. Really the next big step is iTunes support. Linux won’t be a serious contender for the home desktop until they have that. And alf is right, many third party vendors don’t release the necessary linux drivers for their equipment. However, just like with mac software, it wasn’t until a significant user base starting bitching about not having mac support, did they start supporting the mac platform.

Linux is a bit of a niche product right now. Maybe in 2010 everything will be unix based. I for one will be glad to see it.

]]> By: alf http://buzzdroid.com/linux/beryl-could-change-everything-for-linux/#comment-48 alf Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:41:37 +0000 http://buzzdroid.com/linux/beryl-could-change-everything-for-linux/#comment-48 People don't want Linux. Linux doesn't work (otherwise my Canon scanner wouldn't be a glorified paper weight within Ubuntu). Let's face it, Linux is only for geeks, and it has a long long way to go before it can capture the any sliver of the main market. People don’t want Linux. Linux doesn’t work (otherwise my Canon scanner wouldn’t be a glorified paper weight within Ubuntu).

Let’s face it, Linux is only for geeks, and it has a long long way to go before it can capture the any sliver of the main market.

]]> By: Chet http://buzzdroid.com/linux/beryl-could-change-everything-for-linux/#comment-45 Chet Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:02:59 +0000 http://buzzdroid.com/linux/beryl-could-change-everything-for-linux/#comment-45 Linux needs iTunes and iPod support that is as easy to use as it is on OSX and windows. Everytime I try to encourage people to switch to it, I find myself saying, "the only problem is that if you use iTunes with your iPod then it's not supported." We can talk Beryl and Gnome and Ubuntu and fun linux t-shirts all we want, but if a person can't use iTunes (or a close knock-off), linux is effectively stalled for the averge home user. Sorry. Linux needs iTunes and iPod support that is as easy to use as it is on OSX and windows. Everytime I try to encourage people to switch to it, I find myself saying, “the only problem is that if you use iTunes with your iPod then it’s not supported.” We can talk Beryl and Gnome and Ubuntu and fun linux t-shirts all we want, but if a person can’t use iTunes (or a close knock-off), linux is effectively stalled for the averge home user. Sorry.

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