Linux as the Desktop Savior
Okay, I've been using Linux since 1998. My RHCE number is in the triple digits. TheLinux UI has had time to evolve and has failed, hell, even Apple, a relative newbie into the open source world (Open Darwin) has it right as far as UI goes.
So with UI being a constant drag, we also have DRM issues. My W7 desktop connects to my Xbox. My sound card mysteriously drops from Ubuntu although /proc/pci sees it This being said, everytime it fails to see the sound card, I lose my tosslink connection. /proc/pci correctly sees the card as an EMU20K chip, but somewhere, rattling around in that bloated Gnome interface, some where between init 3 and init 5 it gets lost.
I would love to be able to use a variety of video sources but alas, I have no DRM set up, save the pirate stuff. I would pay for DRM, so maybe Linux itself should fork into pay for play and free. The non free repositories are a joke, good for some but not all content.
Give me a Linux box with an Open Darwin interface and all the DRM and device recognition of my W7 home premium desktop and my Linux server may come out of the closet and onto my core i7 desktop.
