Comments on: Dell Upgrades Ubuntu, Includes DVD Playback http://cybernetnews.com/dell-upgrades-ubuntu-includes-dvd-playback/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/dell-upgrades-ubuntu-includes-dvd-playback/comment-page-1/#comment-127631 Ryan Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:39:04 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/19/dell-upgrades-ubuntu-includes-dvd-playback/#comment-127631 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-127352" rel="nofollow">Inferno_str1ke wrote:</a><blockquote>I think making Linux easy to use whilst still keeping it as a simple and direct operating system is certainly key - driver and media compatibility is probably the way to go, once it gets a market share of normal PC users most software will start compiling for Linux rather than just giving the source and letting people do it themselves.</blockquote></div> That would be awesome, and I can't wait to see that happen. Once more manufacturers start creating drivers for Linux I think it will become a more mainstream operating system. Inferno_str1ke wrote:
I think making Linux easy to use whilst still keeping it as a simple and direct operating system is certainly key – driver and media compatibility is probably the way to go, once it gets a market share of normal PC users most software will start compiling for Linux rather than just giving the source and letting people do it themselves.

That would be awesome, and I can’t wait to see that happen. Once more manufacturers start creating drivers for Linux I think it will become a more mainstream operating system.

]]> By: Inferno_str1ke http://cybernetnews.com/dell-upgrades-ubuntu-includes-dvd-playback/comment-page-1/#comment-127352 Inferno_str1ke Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:14:44 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/12/19/dell-upgrades-ubuntu-includes-dvd-playback/#comment-127352 I think making Linux easy to use whilst still keeping it as a simple and direct operating system is certainly key - driver and media compatibility is probably the way to go, once it gets a market share of normal PC users most software will start compiling for Linux rather than just giving the source and letting people do it themselves. Admittedly someone making a user friendly GUI based compiler would go some way to solving this problem to start with - there isn't even a decent C++ compiler for Windows at the moment, let alone Linux. I think making Linux easy to use whilst still keeping it as a simple and direct operating system is certainly key – driver and media compatibility is probably the way to go, once it gets a market share of normal PC users most software will start compiling for Linux rather than just giving the source and letting people do it themselves. Admittedly someone making a user friendly GUI based compiler would go some way to solving this problem to start with – there isn’t even a decent C++ compiler for Windows at the moment, let alone Linux.

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