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Re: Why is linux not popular



Hi

I am a Linux enthusiastic since 1994/5 , and I couldn't do without it.

I do see a lot of problems with Linux, but every time anyone says some
words of criticism about Linux in this list ( and others ), immediately
he gets tons of emails of insulted people defending it, even if some of
the criticism is really relevant.

I do not say all is relevant, and I'm not referring to this thread
explicitly.

( you may notice that any email of criticism on Linux start with 
  'I love Linux, but' or some sort of it ( see my first sentence ) and
that is because of the expected replies )

I do think that Linux is great, but there are a lot of cevates to it,
and I do think we should try to see if some of the criticism is relevant

just my 2 agorot

erez.


On 19 Aug 2001 21:42:54 +0300, Boris Gorelik wrote:
> Hi, all!
> Before I continue, I'd like to say that I use linux (as workspace for 
> molecular modeling research and writing bad C++), I love linux and I hope 
> that some day philosophy behind linux will rule the world.
> OK, now I can say some bad things:
> 
> 1. Until Linux is not  _TRULY_ layman friendly, it has no chance in the 
> battle with MS-Windows and even with Mac-OS. I use RH7.1 and (with all my 
> respect to it) it is less friendly than Workbench 2.1 that I used to use with 
> my Amiga 500. Well of course there are lots of of help sources, but everyone 
> I know (including 2 programmers) think that they are too complicated. 
> 
> Look what mulix wrote as an answer on <gnubies-il@yahoogroups.com>:
> 
> >the simplest way would probably be to hack the sys_execve() syscall in
> >the kernel, to fail unless requested by root. note that this will
> >probably render your system useless (for example, any process that
> >*drops* priviledges will fail), without extensive hacking.
>  These lines where taken from <gnubies-il@yahoogroups.com>.
> Well, it's like telling little child about sex through the central dogma of 
> protein translation and molecular biology.
>  (sorry, mulix ;-)   )
> 
> I don't know why, (or maybe I do know), but the Israeli popular computer 
> press (like Captain Internet) barely remind Linux. Two years ago, I 
> wrote Captain Internet and asked them to add a column dedicated to linux, but 
> they never answered me.
> 
> 2. HEBREW
> I think it would be a good idea if someone release a _READY_ Hebrew enabled 
> distro. When I say ready, I mean that user has to be able to read and wright  
> Hebrew immediately after the installation (with no need to run scripts, 
> change files etc)
> 
> 3. Developers (or: Microsoft conspiration)
> A friend of mine is a computer sciences student in a college (michlala) in 
> Tel Aviv. Every student in that college (and in many others) can get freely 
> MS-Studio from their library. More than that, they learn programming using 
> this package in classrooms. It's like giving free examples of new (or old) 
> medicines to doctors (I'm a pharmacist, and believe me it WORKS). Can anyone 
> change this? 
> 
> Thanks all
> Boris
> 
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