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This is a normal post There are some distros
which have a vision, and which are converging towards the point where they're usable as a home user OS for plebs.

But what's lacking is a lot of the toys you get with a modern OS which turn out to be frighteningly handy in the modern web world.

Where are the garage band equivalents? The Windows Movie Maker or iMovie equivalents?

Photo editing is getting there slowly (Gimp has *finally* moved away from being 8bit only with their latest major release, darktable is becoming usable)

Linux on the desktop frustrates the hell out of me, and I wrangle linux for a living.
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Linux motto is:
"we want the stuff those 'greedy corporations' innovated, but we don't want to pay for it".
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:38, Reply)
This is a normal post greedy corporations never innovated any of it,
they wait until a start-up innovated it, developed it, marketed it and started to turn a profit, and then bought the companies. It saves them a lot of bother.
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:41, Reply)
This is a normal post and makes start-ups a whole bunch of cash
because lets be honest, most start-ups are there to make a shit load of cash, aren't they?

Ps I say most as I'm sure there are exceptions
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sat 7 Jul 2012, 10:16, Reply)
This is a normal post not really
I'm just saying that as a desktop OS it doesn't have the tools consumers expect - largely because they're not what the type of people who write software for linux want.

It's not about "wanting it for free" - if Adobe creative suite was available (and stable, and supported) natively on linux (wine doesn't count) I'd totally buy a copy.

However, that's *all* about desktops. In the server world linux (and open source in general) has a *huge* takeup and has consistently out inovated microsoft in a lot of ways.
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:45, Reply)
This is a normal post it's got everything I need
e-mail client, browser, music/video player. Gimp could be better but it suffices.
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Then why not just pay for Linux?
If it means it could be revolutionary and stable?
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:55, Reply)
This is a normal post stability isn't a problem,
it's stable, that's why it's so popular in servers.

You can't pay for "Linux" because Linux isn't a single thing. You mean why not a commercial distribution? The Kernal is GPL so I don't know what the legality of that would be.
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:57, Reply)
This is a normal post The GPL on the kernel
doesn't stop Redhat selling RHEL.

There is nothing to stop you selling a distro or selling commercial software to run on top of linux. A number of companies do.
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 23:01, Reply)
This is a normal post they sell the support package,
that's how that works as far as I know
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 23:04, Reply)
This is a normal post nope
they sell RHEL - you can't download it for free.

Edit: not unless you count CentOS, which is RHEL with all the redhat stuff stripped out and doesn't have the infrastructure around it that RHEL does
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 23:14, Reply)
This is a normal post RHEL
is the free Linux kernel with a few Red Hat proprietary tools on top and a fucking expensive support package.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 23:30, Reply)
This is a normal post Linux makes a great calculator, don't get me wrong.
It's just lousy for everything else. It's like you said before about too many cooks.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 23:05, Reply)
This is a normal post a lot of people do pay for linux
canonical make money out of ubuntu, redhat make money out of RHEL, Oracle make money out of Suse.

Hell, I make money out of linux!

There are many many companies out there who pay people to develop open source software and the open source software you use every day wouldn't be as good as it is without that.

Just because you as an end user can get something for free, it doesn't mean that *no one* is paying for it.
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:59, Reply)
This is a normal post the linux strategy for usability however
seems to be to try to layer Windows-style controls on top of things.

Also X windows is well past its use by date.
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 22:39, Reply)
This is a normal post I set up a linux box once
I basically wanted it as a simple media hub for my house. I just could not get on with it, toyed with it for days and eventually just installed XP instead. As a server application it's great but it failed for me as a desktop. I have plenty of shells left and will try again one day. Maybe I'll persevere a bit more next time around...
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