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

[Derek Broughton]

mario wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 23:34 +0800, Joel Bryan Juliano wrote:
>> 
>> Here's my list of what's stil missing.
>> 
>> - Audio/Video support for Instant Messanging in commonly used
>> protocols (AOL/Aim, MSN, Yahoo!, etc.)

Possibly.  I don't IM, so I don't know.

>> - Hardware Properties configuraitions

Not a problem imo.  

>> - Flashy introductions and tutorials (aka. Welcome Center)

Ugh.

>> - Marketing!!!

Why?  It rather misses the point!
> 
> You are totally right! Although in my opinion we are also missing the
> "easy to install" way Windows has.

Huh?  When was the last time you installed Windows.  It took me SIX hours,
the last time I did it - and in the end I scrapped the previous version of
Windows and did a clean install.  Ubuntu took 20 minutes and left me with a
working dual-boot with XP.
> 
> You install a programm, and you find it in your start menu.

Exactly the way it works when you install programs from the stock
repositories.  If you install 3rd party software not packaged for Ubuntu,
you can hardly blame Ubuntu if it doesn't properly add itself to your
menus.

> Now try to install iptraf or kcalc (or anything alike). 

kcalc : "Utilities" -> "Scientific Calculator"

As for iptraf, you could try filing a bug report - but since it's an
admin-only, curses-based program, I suspect the author doesn't think it
belongs in the menus.

> You will not find that in the Menu. 

If you install any Gnome or KDE app, you certainly will see it in the menus.
-- 
derek