On 7 February 2014 16:57, Stefan Müller-Wilken < [email protected]> wrote:
> But isn't that market already captured by Ubuntu and other Linux > distributions without _any_ serious hardware restrictions and experienced > neighborhood kids to help you out? As my DL360 problems show me once again, > OI can be a beast... > > Cheers > Stefan > +1 OpenIndiana is gorgeous on the right hardware, for the right usage. But that is not entry level/old hardware. No one in their right mind should give it on a desktop machine to a "normal" user, we have outdated flash, that crashes on YouTube videos, we have a limited amount of available applications (mplayer2 from SFE doesn't currently work, I have trouble with freeciv, inkscape, vlc on OI, we can't use LibreOffice, and OpenOffice is a struggle to get going) ... as a Desktop, OI is very much a work in progress. I'm the only one in my office that uses OI on a bare-metal laptop, I use it every day, I enjoy using it, but I won't suggest using it to anyone else, it just wouldn't be fair on them. Jon _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
