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:osViews: What the Linux Desktop Needs
osViews: What the Linux Desktop Needs
May 21, 2005, 09 :00 UTC (20 Talkback[s]) (10749 reads)

(Other stories by Kurt Pfeifle)

[ Thanks to Kelly McNeill for this link. ]

"I have mentioned it before, and I will repeat it here again: any commercial software vendor pondering to sell his product or service on the Linux platform is horrified by the complications he has to deal with.

"As you might know, I am involved with FreeNX, the project to make remote GUI access fast. FreeNX is based on the core NX libraries and utilities which are developed by NoMachine.com (a commercial company), but released under the GPL..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
But I don't know what you do about i ...   It is a problem   
bilbo
May 21, 2005, 10:44:30
 
OpenOffice and Firefox are both very eas ...   OpenOffice & Firefox   
SM
May 21, 2005, 12:42:02
 
ISV's ,maybe, need to change. They c ...   WHAT ISVs need to do   
troll
May 21, 2005, 14:36:17
 
Use encapsulation to create an API that  ...   Encapsulation   
Codifex Maximus
May 21, 2005, 15:03:21
 
I checked out the talkbacks on the artic ...   Stable API's   
Rob
May 21, 2005, 16:05:50
 
OK, we all are so tired to hear that "Li ...   Oxymoron: Linux and desktop   
none
May 21, 2005, 19:18:01
 
> I checked out the talkbacks on the art ...   Re: Stable API's   
Byran Lee
May 21, 2005, 20:29:09
 
From reading this guy's article you  ...   This guy is whiny and just plain wrong   
Johnny
May 21, 2005, 20:37:37
 
Notice that Mandriva is missing from his ...   well.   
AdamW
May 21, 2005, 21:13:21
 
forget to target "every core linux"targe ...   forget "linux"   
michel
May 21, 2005, 22:01:35
 
We make a product that runs on pretty mu ...   We are an ISV...   
David F. Skoll
May 22, 2005, 02:09:26
 
I've left SUSE and Mandrake for a De ...   Synaptic   
GreyGeek
May 22, 2005, 05:33:44
 
I can't run Firefox under Mandrake 8 ...   The problem exists, and cuts both ways.   
ThRich Steiner
May 22, 2005, 08:34:54
 
You saw a perfect example of this attitu ...   Re: Re: Stable API's   
alison
May 22, 2005, 12:52:49
 
.[...].> kde and gnome are slowly growin ...   Re: forget   
Rainer Weikusat
May 22, 2005, 17:56:54
 
> I can't run Firefox under Mandrake ...   Re: The problem exists, and cuts both ways.   
Chris
May 22, 2005, 18:43:26
 
> Windows has this same problem.  Saying ...   Re: The problem exists, and cuts both ways.   
Rich Steiner
May 22, 2005, 20:35:03
 
Don't blame the distro makers.  They ...   Re: Re: The problem exists, and cuts both ways.   
DanielB
May 23, 2005, 02:49:35
 
I think you and the GP poster should sto ...   Re: Re: Re: The problem exists, and cuts both ways   
Ookaze BioACobol
May 23, 2005, 08:35:01
 
> I can't run Firefox under Mandrake ...   Re: The problem exists, and cuts both ways.   
Dale Pontius
May 23, 2005, 11:54:37
 
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