Is Linux a desktop operating system?

[Frank McCormick]

On Fri, 27 May 2005 14:58:37 -0400
dekoi <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

> 
> The fact that the broadcasting industry has yet to find people with
> the knowhow and motivation to develop open source software that'd be
> more configurable for "heavy duty" audio and text editing is hardly
> the shortcoming of the 'nix community at large, nor does that fact
> disqualify Linux as a viable desktop environment.

I never said that disqualifies Linux as a desktop environment. Don't put
word in my mouth.

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> Look at Hollywood. The demand for "heavy duty" visualization and
> special effects led to the development of the CinePaint project
> (formerly FilmGimp). It's now the industry's standard. Movie studios
> could never get that kind of versatility from proprietary software.
> 
> 

  How do you know? I'm not saying they would...because I don't know
either.

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> Unlike Windows, the object of Linux isn't total domination of the
> computer market; it's about choice, and freedom. Combined, that means
> development, not necc. replacement. Intuit, it also means that when
> Bill Gates pulls support for 2K & XP (and he will), the broadcasting
> industry will have to find a new option, and I suspect Dalet will have
> another proprietary solution for you... just in the nick of time.  ;-)
> 
> 
Nobody ever said it was. There are many who feel that way but all I
said was that there are no Linux applications yet to handle what our
corporations needs so a switch to Linux can't be in the picture. 

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> The great thing about Linux is it *can* be anything you need it to be:
> desktop os, server, Hollywood special effects platform, and I'd be
> surprised if it never ventures into broadcasting, but that's up to the
> people in the industry, not the people trying to develop a stable,
> functional OS for everyone.
> 
> 
  AFAIK the apps used by broadcasting now weren't developed by the
broadcasters but by enterprising people and groups who used the old
formula for success.....find a need and fill it.