Linux and Open Source... What is still missing?

[mario]

Hello,

On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 23:34 +0800, Joel Bryan Juliano wrote:
> This is a relative question since alot of people are using Windows and
> the question might be in comparison to Windows features that the
> current Open Source tools doesn't have.
> 
> One of the problems I think is inconsistency of systems (packaged in
> distributions), particularly in multimedia, where there's still a huge
> confusions, or too much options of multimedia systems to be used,
> (OSS, ALSA, V4L, V4L2, Gstreamer, Arts) I think there must be a
> default for it, or a way where a user select any of it and "just
> works" without him worrying about what system it is. My suggestion is
> to create a name for all of multiple options, like "Default", "Default
> Video System", "Default Audio System". etc, just to point out that the
> user doesn't need to worry about the system he/she is going to use. 
> 
> Here's my list of what's stil missing.
> 
> - Audio/Video support for Instant Messanging in commonly used
> protocols (AOL/Aim, MSN, Yahoo!, etc.)
> - Hardware Properties configuraitions
> - Flashy introductions and tutorials (aka. Welcome Center) 
> - Marketing!!!

You are totally right! Although in my opinion we are also missing the
"easy to install" way Windows has.

You install a programm, and you find it in your start menu.

Now try to install iptraf or kcalc (or anything alike). You will not
find that in the Menu. This is a experience i had to make/see when i saw
close friends using Linux/Debian/SuSE the first time.