desktoplinux.com — Nearly a year in the making, the OSDL and freedesktop.org today announced general availability of Portland 1.0, the first set of common interfaces for GNOME and KDE desktops. This support may be a small step for GNOME and KDE, but it's a giant leap for the Linux desktop.
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shadowh8ingOct 12, 2006
@dragi must congratulate you in your perfect analogy of portland and bridges as it is actually quite fitting. As Portland, Oregon as a city is also known as bridge city.Kudos!!!
kooftOct 12, 2006
@goldenratioDid you check the link you provided? Fifth result down is a link to 'irregardless' at Merriam-Webster Online (whom I believe to be a reputable source on all things English language). I've included the text of the link below, since you're loathe to do that much research. Please pay close attention to the part that says:"The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose."M-W states:irregardlessOne entry found for irregardless.Main Entry: ir·re·gard·lessPronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&sFunction: adverbEtymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardlessnonstandard : REGARDLESSusage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.If you're going to be a language nazi, at least do your homework.
subgeniusdOct 12, 2006
Why would anyone Diggdown his comment???The lack of a common installer is always included in any list of "Why the Linux desktop is not ready for primetime" sort of opinion piece.
akinderOct 12, 2006
Because it's presenting reality to the Linux geeks. Linux on the desktop sucks, point blank.
tsuroerusuOct 13, 2006
@ akinder"Linux on the desktop sucks, point blank."Well, I think it depends, if you expect Linux to basically be Windows without any faults, you're gonna be disappointed. If you expect Linux to be like a software nirvana, you're also gonna be disappointed. However, if you expect Linux to be an alternative and you sit down for maybe 1 hour and look around, and learn how to use a package manager, the programs Linux offers, such as OpenOffice.org, then you may very well be impressed at what Linux can offer you.From my point of view, Linux on the desktop may "suck" from some people's point of view (The misinformed?), but Windows on the desktop "sucks" universally.Linux users are not the ones having to deal with the thousands of viruses out there, the millions of types of spyware, long exposures to security vulnerabilities because Microsoft is slow at releasing patches, plus we're having to deal with anything even remotely similar to Windows Genuine Advantage, because the licenses free software and open source uses are licenses that respect our fair use rights as end users, and don't force us into being dominated by some company.Is Linux without any problems? Absolutely not, not all hardware is supported, it's hard for some people to switch because they're already used to, or locked into, tools that are only available on one platform, whether that'd be Windows or Mac OS X. If you're a PC gamer, Linux is probably not the best solution for ALL your computing needs as most games are, sadly, not available for Linux. Now for console gamers, like myself, it's a whole different story.