Is Linux a desktop operating system?

[Norman Silverstone]

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 14:11 -0400, David Kaisemann wrote:
> Tony Arnold Wrote: 
> > I was amused, and slightly irritated by a comment made on a programme on
> > the BBC this evening. A transcript of the piece can be found at
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4565581.stm
> > 
> > The bit that irritated me was:
> > 
> > "I believe that it still isn't time to call Linux a 'desktop' operating
> > system. It simply isn't as usable for everyone as Windows and OS X are.
> > 
> > 
> > "It will be soon, but, for the time being at least, Click Online
> > doesn't
> > think it is." 
> > 
> > I guess they've not used Ubuntu with the Gnome Desktop. From what I
> > gather from this list, we have quite a few newbies using this system
> > and
> > they are all having a great time with it.
> > 
> > Comments anyone?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Tony.

I think that If Ubuntu had been the first and only system that I ever
used then I would have been a very happy and contented user.
Unfortunately, I still, from time to time, miss some of the applications
I used with Windows. However, I am content to live without these for the
time being, and hope that, in the not too distant future, suitable
educational and reference software, for example, will become available.

Norman