Venia Silente

The latter. Linux just doesn't cut it yet as a desktop platform, except for basic needs. Linux is kind of like that. It's alright if you need very little, and good if you know a lot and can do a lot. For the man in the middle, it just doesn't work. Coaxing new software onto it which isn't in the repositories is too much of a chore still, and the layout of the file system makes it pretty difficult to find anything by hand. Neither GNOME or KDE are polished enough for me yet either, and the multitude of GUI kits makes your windows look very patch worked. I understand that they've gone to efforts to sort out driver and X headaches recently, but it's still absoloutely awful if something goes wrong.

It's just not... streamlined enough yet. The open source community needs to focus it's effort on fewer, better projects. Right now, there's too many bits and pieces, and not enough killer apps.

Cool, a Linux knowledgeable guy. Can't say I use it anymore, though.

All right, no biggie! We'll keep thinking things trough, so don't worry about it. Thanks for mentioning you'll be gone for a while. Remember, there's no hurry!
We'll get this done, I'm sure about it! ^-^

I totally understand, and don't worry, I don't bite (not that hard at least.) XD

You can pm me the story when ever your ready, you don't have to wait for bobandbill to start.

Oh and btw, I wasn't very self confident when I joined either.

Saw your post in the beta place, If you want me to I can do it.