Re: Re: New BBS and Doors
By: Vk3jed to Knight on Wed Apr 27 2016 08:48 am
Kn>> managers and custom setups. It was the thing to do. And then
Kn>> eventually I got tired of all the customizing.
I agree with you there. A lot of attention has gone to the graphical side of the
Linux desktop distributions. The multitude of "spins" on an arch, debian or Red
hat base system have taken away a lot of attention to what realy matters: Good a
pplications. There is a movement that says "Stop making distro's and start maki
ng apps" and I totally agree with them.
I'm a cross platform geek that jumps from Windows to the Mac and Linux and looks
for ways to let technology work for me. Been doing a podcast about that for a c
ouple of years now. So i can say that each has its own charm and power. There is
still a way to go for the hardware support in Linux and we need more apps, Wind
ows needs a smidge more customisation (although it is making strides) and Apple
should either stop making OSX (and desktops/laptops) alltogether and focus on th
e Mobile market OR give the desktop the attention it deserves. In the last coupl
e of years I've seen a couple of major shifts.
Linux : Too much attention to various distro's (including a lot of infighting ab
out what graphical user interface is the best. Good applications (like for examp
le Thunderbird and Firefox) are underdeveloped.
Windows : Windows is taking big strides to be 'everywhere' Windows 10 is not per
fect but Redmond makes big inroads for Linux developers with WSL and deployng Wi
ndows apps on Linux.
Mac : Ios is becoming an platform all on its own and Cupertino definately has pl
ans to have the iPad become a full fledged computer for many of us. When they cr
ack decent screen mirroring there will be very little left to do befor an iPad b
ecomes a full laptop replacement.
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