Is anyone getting tired of these poorly put together ‘The Perfect Desktop XX Distro’ articles seen all the time on Lxer? I am. I dislike the software selection choices for various reasons (some being better software, some being better intergrated).
The Perfect Desktop – Fedora 13 -i686 (GNOME)
The first problem I had with the article was just seeing it’s link on Lxer. People are still recommending and using 32-bit software. These people needed to be locked up for mental illness. Well at least they SAY it’s Gnome, instead of calling it the default desktop. They ruin it however by making users install mono applications like F-Spot, and a weird assortment of proprietary applications which HAVE NO PLACE in Fedora.
Applications included that suck and their reasons:
F-Spot: Infected with Mono Technology
Google Picasa: Proprietary, Digikam is in the repo.
Opera: Proprietary, get the hell out.
Flash Player 10: Proprietary, get the hell out. Install Gnash or wait for WebM.
Evolution: Shitty clone of a shitty e-mail client. Thunderbird is fine, why install 2?
aMule: the *mule network is bullshit
Azureus/Vuze: slow, use ktorrent, transmission
Skype: Proprietary, get the hell out.
Google Earth: Proprietary, get the hell out.
Xchat IRC: Linux development is not priority, the author releases a Linux version based on older code. Windows Shareware license. Use Konversation, irssi, chatzilla, or many others.
Adobe Reader: Proprietary, get the hell out. Okular, xpdf and whatever gnome has default is better.
Banshee: Infected with Mono Technology. Amarok is better anyways.
XMMS: No possible use for this obsolete and non-updated legacy piece of software. Dead upstream.
Real Player: Proprietary, get the hell out.
VirtualBox OSE – KVM is BETTER, and VERY integrated into both the Linux kernel and the Fedora distro itself.
People don’t install GNU/Linux so that they can run all their proprietary shareware and non-free apps. The goal is to get away from that bullshit.
Another thing that pissed me off:
Empathy IM Client – multi-platform instant messaging client (formerly known as Gaim)
Note: Completely fucking wrong, Empathy is a shitty brand new IM with nothing to do with Gaim/Pidgin.
that is what i cal a FAIL article (wannabe article)
so you think everything sucks because they just dont suit your tastes. get a life
@yomama – That is what I call a FAIL comment. All proprietary software sucks by definition. You get a life (and some english skills).
@yomama – That is what I call a FAIL comment. All proprietary software sucks by definition. You get a life (and some english skills).
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