[Nottingham] Crippled Linux

[Dan Caseley]

Absolutely - it's a massive downside of the price of Linux to OEMs. They
(and so possibly consumers could begin to) see it as "a cheap alternative to
Windows".

I don't regard the Linpus Linux as a decent exhibition of what Linux can do
either - I've left it on my Acer Aspire One, but now multi-boot with UNR,
Jolicloud and Windows 7.

Jolicloud could broadly be defined as a software stack on top of the
hardware that allows the user to reach the browser in a very friendly way.
Despite having next to zero native applications, it still makes Linpus look
like a crippled low-budget alternative to a grown-up's o/s, and I worry that
this is a worrying first exposure that Joe Public gets to Linux!

Dan

On 4 April 2011 13:04, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Compared to the specs afforded to Microsoft devices, I think there's a
> real danger that Linux may well be being made to look to be 'too
> cheap' to the general public...
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
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