2008/9/24 Roger Oberholtzer <roger@opq.se>:
Are you arguing that Linux is _perfect_ for desktop use? I need to run Solidworks on my desktop, to be interoperable with people who care more about functional software than about any dream of open code. Any system that cannot run Solidworks is not perfect for me or any other engineer in my position.
So your question is: Is Linux perfect at running applications that were not written for it.
I will remind you that Linux is an operating system (or more pedantically, a kernel from which an OS can be built upon): without software it does nothing. An OS without applications is useless to me. So until there are engineering applications for Linux, it cannot be perfect for me.
I think your issue is not with Linux, but with Solidworks.
That is a good point and it is open to debate. I declare that Linux is not perfect because it cannot run Solidworks, which I need for work. However, my activity is centered on the opposite front: I have written to Solidworks and it's distributors inquiring about future versions either having native Linux ports, or being compiled against a stable Wine branch. If you'd like to help me, here is a list of addresses to contact: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/contact-information.htm Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü