On Friday 25 January 2002 02:34 pm, you wrote: > I have not seen much talk on this list concerning the "growth" of Linux on > the home desktop. Specifically I would like to ask; what characteristics > will a successful distro need to employ? How will the newest versions of > Linux (ie. Lycoris (Redmond), Elx, Xandros, and OEone) fare compared to > older favorites? I think most would agree that Mandrake and Red Hat hold > the majority of desktops for home users, with SuSe, Debian, Slack and > Caldera bringing up the rear. Will these distros lose market share? Do > you care? How do the "gurus" feel about the move to increase ease of use > and the similarities to the Windows "look and feel"? And lastly, have > others on the list tried these new distros? > > I would like to add that I defend the newer distros. After using Red Hat > 7.2 and Mandrake 8.0/8.1 I have installed and used both Elx and Lycoris. I > am using Lycoris Desktop/LX now and find it the most "ergonomic" desktop > version of Linux to date. Since I only started using Linux four months > ago, I cannot give comments with any real historical perspective but it > would seem these newest distros are definately trying to steal away some > Windows users by incorporating many of the same characteristics found > therein. Although I am slowly learing the command line, I have yet to need > it using the Lycoris distro. And in my opinion...thats a good thing. > > Comments? > > Thanks to anyone who replies. Well, for one, I've never heard of Lycoris Desktop, and can't find it on altavista. . . . > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list