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21-07-2006, 02:18 AM
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The Linux Man !
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One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
No doubt, that Linux is a very good operating system......
But no one is perfect and Linux is no exception......
Every system has some or the other flaw and so as Linux has...
Lets discuss some weak points and short comings of Linux so that they get rectified and Linux becomes much better and in fact the best operating system....
All u need to do is to post just one draw back of linux or any one thing that u don't like in Linux......
Also try to post ur idea and view point to solve that problem (not compulsory)....
Starting off from me: What I don't like in Linux????
Well every thing in Linux is kernel specific particularly softwares where software made for one linux kernel at times fails to install in other linux kernel. At times these dependencies become very frustrating......
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21-07-2006, 07:41 AM
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In Pursuit of "Happyness"
Join Date: May 2005
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Poor phone support (Nokia PC Suite and the likes..)
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21-07-2006, 09:36 AM
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String Phreak
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
I support @Kalplik + no option of fast printing and no adsl/USB Internet support.
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21-07-2006, 11:02 AM
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Human Spambot
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
General drivers support. There are so many things that still don't work out of the box with various distros and you have to search and struggle before they work.
However, I really cannot stop at 1 
I also need standardisation among distros and ease of installtion of softwares.
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21-07-2006, 11:29 AM
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Google Bot
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
BT drivers shd be available in linux...
so i can access my net thru it.....
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21-07-2006, 06:20 PM
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In The Zone
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Become more like a mac 
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21-07-2006, 07:38 PM
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In The Zone
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Software installation/uninstallation routines need to be reworked.I don't want the .rpms & the .debs.
Standardization, as someone mentioned earlier, is also a must.
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21-07-2006, 07:42 PM
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-The BlacKCoaT Operative-
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers.
H/W manufacturers developing drivers as they do for windows...
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21-07-2006, 08:44 PM
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In The Zone
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Yeah man, drivers are desparately needed. My Techcom webcam & my HP scanjet 2400 are pretty much useless in Linux right now. Have to use Windows just for these two things 
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21-07-2006, 08:54 PM
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In Pursuit of "Happyness"
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
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Originally Posted by pathiks
BT drivers shd be available in linux...
so i can access my net thru it.....
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BT Drivers are available! Search for gnome-bluetooth and kde-bluetooth.
One more thing i want: full NTFS support.
Last edited by kalpik; 21-07-2006 at 09:00 PM.
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21-07-2006, 09:27 PM
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
^^^
ntfs will be done in a near future lots of projects are going on in this direction.
the main thing linux should do is provide drivers so hardware so that they may work not like my pctel modem which has no drivers on the whole world wide web
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22-07-2006, 01:16 AM
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In The Zone
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Installing programs is difficult for beginers.
Need more built in user friendly documentation for users from win bgrd
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22-07-2006, 04:28 AM
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
make a law like for selling ur company's hardware in Hindusthan,you need to have linux support/drivers for ur product.also like in kerala,teach in schools GNU/Linux and Open SOurce in other states also...
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22-07-2006, 10:02 AM
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"The RaCaLaNGeL"©
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
installation of appli shud b easy as windows......
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22-07-2006, 10:08 AM
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
1.) Packages name should be more user friendly, not like kermit, synaptic, etc (even I can't pronounce many of them ).
2.) Setups should also be user friendly, like Windows just NEXT, NEXT & NEXT...
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22-07-2006, 11:51 AM
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In The Zone
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
@VG - they can make it simple but then they might violate the copyrights of other companies that use it!
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22-07-2006, 03:31 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
@vishal: next -> next?? 
how about wandering frame after frame, or type a simple command and get things done??
@Venom: Copyright?? WOW  Does M$ have a patent for it?? WOW i'd support this patent alone!! Dont let it to others, World is much better without it!
Many of the grievances i hear about installing applications is that most of u are confused may be by the differences in packaging etc, The only thing that you guys shud know is Where to look for information and packages.
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22-07-2006, 08:11 PM
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In The Zone
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
hmmm... I don't think there is any patent involved here. All OSs have wizards.
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22-07-2006, 11:01 PM
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Broken In
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
1 . USB 2.0 "High Speed" support .
2 . NTFS write support ...
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23-07-2006, 08:45 AM
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OSS Enthusiast!
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Win Modems support....
Thts all I want!
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23-07-2006, 11:25 PM
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Broken In
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Dependency hells.......
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25-07-2006, 12:00 PM
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Wise Old Owl
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
These are the things that need to change in Linux
* Easy of Use, more easier than Windows O.S
* Unified Linux , this should be a standard , so that a application from one distro
can be installed in another distro without any problems.
* Hardware vendors must also include Linux drivers ( both 'rpm' & 'deb' formats)
with Windows drivers in the CD; this will happen when Linux is on equal footing with Windows
* User-friendly Documentation about the usage, tips, etc.,
* Configuration should be done using GUI Wizards, not tweaking the System files!!
And most of all you guys must learn Unix, it's very powerful & easy once you
master the command-line (Terminal Window) interface as @Satish pointed out!!
You can't do away with dependency @Vinayasurya, tell me can you install PhotoShop CS
in Windows 98?? Like that Linux O.S package need certain packages to be installed
before it can be installed.
Last edited by JGuru; 25-07-2006 at 12:06 PM.
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25-07-2006, 12:37 PM
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Gonna make it BiG
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
application installation and un-installation are a pain in da @ss... er.. neck
plus. u cant customise it as winxp.. what i mean 2 say is dat with the help of resource hacker u can even remove the word 'windows' from each and evry component of the os.. (though not legal)... i know u can also do that in linux.. but its not dat easy!!!
P.S. can any one help me with... well how to make a distro, rather it would be more appropriate to say how to recompile a distro?
i mean how to remove those packages which i dun need and add what i need... change the mane of the distro.. change the logos and remaster the distro and make a live cd out of it.
it should have the 'install to harddisk option!... can any one help me with this?
Last edited by aku; 26-07-2006 at 11:32 AM.
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25-07-2006, 02:03 PM
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The Linux Man !
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
@ akuCRACKER
Please don't use such a short cut language to express ur views....
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25-07-2006, 04:55 PM
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18 Till I Die............
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
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* Hardware vendors must also include Linux drivers ( both 'rpm' & 'deb' formats)
with Windows drivers in the CD; this will happen when Linux is on equal footing with Windows
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Hey what about tgz and source. Why leave out slackware, gentoo and users of such distros  .
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25-07-2006, 05:11 PM
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Google Bot
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
@j we can install tar.gz in all distros na.... so y not them
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25-07-2006, 11:16 PM
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Console Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
Linux should be more user friendly and with enhanced help as that is avalable in winxp. And yeah installation must be easier.
Aditya
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25-07-2006, 11:21 PM
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Apprentice
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
though its distro dependent, still, i would still insist that Linux could do with a better organization of the desktop...especially the taskbar--it really helps when u r new to something.
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26-07-2006, 12:02 AM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: One thing U would love to CHANGE in LINUX?
OK Tech_your_future,
* tgz & source should also be included in the driver CD accompanying the hardware. Sorry I just forgot. I was thinking about the top 4 distros - Ubuntu, Suse,
Fedora, Mandriva.
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