|Linux still has a lot of short comings,
| Steve
|
Well, it *is* a work in progress--and doesn't have M$'s gigabucks behind it.
That Linux doesn't constantly **purposely** try to make thing incompatible
in pursuit of a fast buck via lock-in gets them a lot of slack from me.
Even when they fail, they're still fighting The Good Fight(tm).

|Even Web surfing finds Me turning to Windows on Many Media Web sites.
|2 Examples
|I can't view full episode Videos at ABC.com, Can't use Yahoo's Internet radio.
|
You've already changed the User Agent String, I assume.
Most 'Net-related junk is some idiot webmaster sniffing when he doesn't need to
--and doing a lousy job of it on top of that.

If it's ActiveX-related, Gecko has an ActiveX extension.
(You'd probably want to make a unique "ActiveX" profile
and use that only when absolutely necessary.)

|My Video Editing chores can't be done.
|
Even under WINE?

|Lately I even have to reboot the Linux Computer to get the Browser open
|if I accidentally close it.
|
Now THAT'S weird.  NOT having to reboot for the slightest thing
is a BIG selling point for Unix-like OSes.  I assume you've tried  kill -9 PID#

|The Linux community has become [too] fragmented in my opinion.
|
Actually, there are lots of individuals
who concurrently run several distros on a number of boxes to do various tasks
and many other folks have tried several distros throughout their pasts.
I don't see it as all that different from NT/2000/XP/Vista; SP1/SP2/SP3; yada,yada.
More like *right tool for the job*.
This also reminds me of Linux (and OS X) which come fully-loaded for any use
--no training-wheels-only versions (i.e. no "Vista Basic" bait & switch nonsense).

|With all the Distros the average Linux newbie User can't [know] which way to go.
|
Compared to say W98/XP, they're more alike than different.
Only so many package managers exist--and that's the driving factor behind distros;
most distros are a derivitave of one of the biggies (Deb, RPM...).
This was from over 2 years ago:
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/18/2036220&threshold=5#13821343

I think the *different directory structures* thing is what gets bitched about most
and I _am_ sure everyone wishes there could be convergence there.

...and the Ubuntu guys have done such a good job with their installer
that a significant chunk of the Desktop Linux folks have at least tried it
and ISTM there is a real surge of newbies toward Ubuntu
--and all the other packaging guys are watching, learning, and copying.

If nothing else, Linux gets you out of the All-M$, All-the-time thinking.
...and it still tickles me every time I hear of a bootable Linux CD
saving some poor guy's fragile, broken WinNT box.  8-)

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