Re: New to CentOS, and wondering about application availability

[lesmikesell at gmail.com (Les Mikesell)]

On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 17:36, ryan wrote:
> > 
> > i infer from some of your previous comments that you're looking to  run 
> > CentOS on your desktop machine (since you're talking about DVD  drives 
> > and Xine and so forth).  if you want a pleasant desktop  experience 
> > where things Just Work, i'd recommend you buy a Mac like  Bryan said.  
> > running Linux on the desktop is a painful and laborious  experience, and 
> > is likely to be so for the foreseeable future.  it's  a different story 
> > when you're talking about server applications,  though...
> > 

> I have Linux running on a Desktop machine, and 2 laptops. Installing, 
> updating and using Linux on them has been great and not at all a"painful 
> and laborious  experience".
> 
> For the technically savvy, and those who aren't afraid to learn, Linux 
> is an excellent desktop OS.

Yes, but for many things you take for granted under commercial OS's
like playing music and videos you'll have to do some non-obvious
and legally questionable things to do the same on Linux.

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  Les Mikesell
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