Part of the problem is lack of applications (in comparison to M$) Part is culture. Linux is tied into the unix way of thinking (I come from a dos/windows windows world) and the tools and metaliity are just diffrent. ie editors. vi and emacs . I bet youl find a programing/html module for either of these vernable tools. But , if you come from a windows world ie editor.exe or the wondows version , where there are a whole bunch of pull down menues that do it all for you. The only thing I have seen was edy and it was in german. I now use joe , and nned to constanly look up the key commands. Kedit in nice too , in x if you have it running. Things are changeing , and more chioces are starting to appear. ie corel linux WPO2000 has just came on line , and there ais applicawae and star office as well , for that segment of the market. WP Offce 2000 even has paradox for those uf us who are "database challenged" , and even pgaccess if you want to incvest the time . Applixware has a data module ( I realy want to try that real soon) that I hope will fill my neads , as I realy like applixware , especialy on older hardware. then there the culture thing . Linux is more of a rough id out as it is or with what you got kind of enviorment , that requirs you investr the time and effort into the technical aspects of it.Lucky gor the gpl enviorment , and the eas of taking whats allready ben built and wworking with it to build your needs on top of whats there. Windows is much more of a newbie / hand held eviorment and there is not the need for so much technical familiarity , as everthing is put behind check boxes , pull down list and radio button forms. At 09:18 AM 5/23/2000 -0800, Rusty wrote:
You know, I read all of the posts that were written regarding whether or not Linux was ready for the desktop and ready to compete with Mickeysoft.
Guess what? I don't think so yet. Let me give you a for instance. This morning I was looking for a HTML editor that had a few bells and whistles to make the job easier. I went to the TUCOWS site and examined the offerings. For Windoz, there were so many programs offered that it was hard to make a choice. I then proceeded to the Linux section. I immediately got suspicious when there was not presented a clear cut choice. It seems that HTML editing is not straight forward. You are presented with four (4) categories, each category embellished with a photograph of a good looking young man or woman. What those categories or the photos have to do with the software is beyond me.
To cut to the quick of this matter, it seems that the only HTML editors for Linux are the same old sorry text editors, i.e., jed, joe, pico and every masochist's dream vi and all of it's incarnations.
As much as I despise Mickeysoft for their nasty business practices, their horribly written software and their total lack of support, they are way ahead in the small things that make life easier.
I don't want to write HTML in vi. In fact I don't want to ever write anything in vi or TeTex. I enjoy a few creature comforts from time to time and for the time being it seems that Linux does not yet offer enough to compete.
Rusty
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