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1. Comment - App Support Holds Back Desktop Linux

   (Dec 14, 2005 - 9:48 PM)

   Interesting thread.
   My linux box never crashes & never gets viruses, I have lost count of the number of times, I have had the above in windows! As for driver support, I`ve built my pc around linux and not the other way about.You will generaly find that cheep hardware isn`t supported by linux, because coders wont waste time writing drivers for second rate stuff! I must say that Nvidias GFX drivers are second to none (last time I looked Nvidia was a commercial company, with more than a passing interest in linux).
   Using Transgamings winex/cedega I can run all my favorite 3d games, including the newer releases. On the Unreal tournament cd`s (again made by a commercial games company) there are linux installers.
   Using cross over office I can run microsoft office on my desktop. I can even run Internet Explorer, for those awful sites which demand it.
   The latest release of Xine will play movies using all the current codecs.
   
   and "Linux will *never* be a desktop OS" ?
   
   I beg to differ.