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The biggest problem in my opinion is multimedia support. I bet there is a market for a $25-50 Linux distribution with Open Office configured to use Ms-Office f
by oconnore 17y ago
The biggest problem in my opinion is multimedia support.
I bet there is a market for a $25-50 Linux distribution with Open Office configured to use Ms-Office formats by default, have support for all "royalties required" formats, Microsoft fonts, and have a windows/mac look-alike theme installed by default.
- wmf 17y agoWasn't that Lindows/Linspire?
- protomyth 17y agoI think that battle has been fought and won by Windows. Open Office has had a long time to unseat Microsoft Office and it hasn't found that reason for people to switch (it's free isn't doing it). We are now looking at the computer actually turning into a low maintenance appliance, and I really believe some Linux distribution or BSD has a shot at taking a chunk of the market. I just hope it isn't by copying someone else.
- htsh 17y agoI find that I'm able to consume all of the media I need to on except for Microsoft Silverlight content like Netflix and the Feynman Lectures. The bigger pain for me is that there's no iTunes or Adobe design products. I'm not sure if there's anything that we can expect more from Ubuntu in this regard. With Google's ChroneOS on the way and Apple's eventual move to the cloud, I hope that I can soon access my iTunes functionality from a browser. And adobe has committed to moving all of their products to the browser, so I'm not too worried about i, just wish the process would move along a bit faster.